語
ゴ, かた.る, かた.らう

word, speech, language

JLPT5 G2 S14 F301

As per 吾# (crossing of words) + 言 words → the crossing of words in conversation → *converse*; *talk*; *tell* → *narrate*; *saying*; *word*; *language*. 語 was devised to replace 吾.

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