Languages are kinda weird to me

[smartalek22]

it's strange how there's languages that exist that we never learn or understand idk it's kind of tripping me out, like do other animals have kind-of languages or is this just a human thing... it's just weird to me

[theoghon]

I understand that feeling, it's strange (and sad) that there's languages that I can't understand, which automatically excludes me from experiencing and interacting with a wide set of people their art, cultures, entertainment media and much more, at least as it was intended (in the original language/ untranslated)

 

it's almost like a part of the human experience is PERMANENTLY locked away from me because there's nuances you miss from not being a native speaker, the same is true for people who don't/will never understand ENGLISH

[Devin]

Communication as a whole is quite interesting. 

[Contessa]

2 minutes ago, Wizard said:

In a few thousand years there will only be one language 

Not this post-apocalyptic aryanism take 

[Pendulum]

I fail to see what's so trippy about it. People groups have had no contact with each other and/or have been isolated for millennia which led to the separate developments of individual languages? This doesn't happen overnight and is usually the outcome of a long long time. 

 

It obviously highlights the cultural and linguistic differences in humans but that's what makes it beautiful. Imagine how boring the world be if everybody spoke the same language.

 

So next time ponder about the fact that English, Hindi, Russian, Greek and Welsh all come from the same ancestor language (debated but) or that our native language constructs our whole world view, which is why some people groups don't have concepts for counting, colour, age or gender. 

[Zeferino]

I talk to my basset hounds in Spanish, French, English, & Italian just in case 

[Kamil24]

It's crazy how diverse our languages are - there are literally thousands and thousands, whereas animal communication just doesn't come anywhere close.

[MonsterJohn]

Only some languages are weird 

 

Like why the **** do German split half of the verb and put it in the end, make it make sense 

[smartalek22]

8 hours ago, Pendulum said:

It obviously highlights the cultural and linguistic differences in humans but that's what makes it beautiful. Imagine how boring the world be if everybody spoke the same language.

 

I mean I never said it was wrong but it's just trippy kinda like the fact that there is so many languages and parts of the human experience we may just never know in our lifetime.

[bliaz]

Ojalá yo entendiera más idiomas (sé español, inglés y un poco de portugués), pero soy muy huevón 

[The7thStranger]

17 hours ago, Contessa said:

Not this post-apocalyptic aryanism take 

It's actually more likely that you think. Language change is rapid, and with the world as small as it is today, should there be a dominant culture to persist long enough, it could absolutely happen. English (just as an example) happens to be the lingua franca at a time when access to other cultures has never been so easy - and that has had a substantial impact on many other languages, just as French one had and Latin before that.

 

I hope it doesn't come to pass, though. I love learning different languages and seeing how they all reflect different ways to thinking about the world.