Just as we have formal, informal and colloquial/slang expressions in English, so do the French.
Le langage soutenu is formal. Le langage courant is day to day language eg with your family. Le langage familier is as the word suggests, informal and/or colloquial.
We talk about this a lot in class and I have lots of examples. Better still, my host's 9 year old granddaughter drew an example for me on Tuesday night at dinner.
Here it is:
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