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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">spoken languages</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>speech</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>languages</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>languages, spoken</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>oral languages</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spoken language</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The oral manifestation of languages; language produced by articulate sounds, as opposed to a written language. Many languages have no written form and so are only spoken. ]]></note></mads>