Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Language ~ two charts

lan·guage /ˈlaNGɡwij / noun = 1.  the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.  Example: "I want to study the way children learn language."  2.  a system of communication used by a particular country or community.  Example:  "Her book was translated into twenty-five languages."

Language can be conveyed in signs, using our hands.  That's very useful when a person speaks a different language (as in the American Indian illustration above) or is deaf (by spelling out words, as below).

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