"Language" is a single by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn, released in 1994 as the first single from the Twist album.
The song reached number 4 on the New Zealand charts.
[1] Dobbyn began writing the song while in Sydney.
[2] He had originally played "Language" as an acoustic song, however, Twist producer Neil Finn suggested speeding it up and giving it more of a rock sound.
[3] "Language" was voted the 35th best New Zealand song of the 20th century by APRA, and featured on the related Nature's Best 2 CD.