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What is Language?

What is Language?. Guten Tag. Wie geht’s?. Ciao. Come va?. Salut! a va?. Konnichi wa. H óla! ¿Qué tal?.

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What is Language?

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  1. What is Language?

  2. Guten Tag. Wie geht’s? Ciao. Come va? Salut! a va? Konnichi wa. Hóla! ¿Qué tal?

  3. Language according to Webster’s dictionary is a system or means of communication. Communication is the way in which humans exchange or transfer of information, ideas or emotions. It is humans ability to communicate with each other that separates us from animals.

  4. There are 2 main types of language. SPOKEN WRITTEN

  5. Written language can be either composed of pictographs or alphabets. A pictograph is a symbol or drawing that represents a specific object. Many languages like English use letters of an alphabet for their written language. An alphabet is a series of symbols.

  6. Other types of communication Gestures Sounds Symbols

  7. Every person in the world has a language but the language that they use may be different.

  8. No one knows exactly how or when humans first began to use language. Linguists (scientists who study languages) have been able to study almost all of the world’s languages.

  9. All languages in the world belong to a family or a group. English belongs to the Indo-European family. This family includes the languages spoken by more than 1/2 of the world’s population.

  10. The Indo- European language family is divided into sub-groups. These are some examples of the larger sub-groups.

  11. All languages are made up of words. A word is a thing that conveys a meaning. In other words, a word stands for something. BOOK Das Buch (German) Liber (Latin) Hon (Japanese) El libro (Spanish) Kitabu (Swahili) Shu (Chinese)

  12. Languages often borrow, adapt and create new words either from within their own language . .

  13. . .or from a different language. Words that are borrowed from other languages are called cognates. Here are some examples of English words borrowed from other languages.

  14. Besides words, all languages also have structure. The structure of a language is also called grammar. Grammar is the way in which words are put together to form phrases or sentences. Grammar or structure can vary greatly from one language to another but languages that belong to the same family usually have some similarities.

  15. Spanish, like English, has nouns, verbs and adjectives. Noun A person, place or thing Verb An action word Adjective A word that describes a noun

  16. The tall girl ran to class. Girl is the noun. Ran is the verb. Tall is the adjective. La muchacha alta corrIó a la clase. La muchacha is the noun. Corrió is the verb. Alta is the adjective.

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