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The language isn't MySQL. MySQL is a database management software backend. Relational databases are manage by programs refered to as DBMS, or Database Management Software. In order to make accessing databases more uniform a language to control and query them was developed. That language is called SQL. There are two major sub-parts of the SQL language the DDL and the DML. DDL is the data definition language, commands such as CREATE TABLE fall under that. DML is Data Manipulation Language, commands such as SELECT and INSERT INTO fall into that.