Common Mistakes : Language

Language – Noun

BAD: I speak Arabic language all the time

GOOD: I speak Arabic all the time

BAD: I spent the whole year learning English language

GOOD: I spent the whole year learning English

BAD: They know Japanese language

GOOD: They know Japanese

speak/learn/know etc + name of a language (WITHOUT language ): ‘She speaks fluent English and a little German.’ Do you know any Malay?’ I’d like to learn Mandarin

Note that the Arabic/English/Japanese language may be used when you talk about a language in terms of its history, structure, users etc: The English language has evolved over many centuries