Bonjour. Hola. Guten Tag. Ciao. Ola. Namaste. Salaam. Hello. Language is a key thing in culture, society, and day to day life. Its what we use to speak to cashiers when buying milk. It's how we greet our friends, or to express wonder or amazement. Some can form it into beautiful melodious forms, and perform it as singing or reciting poems. There are over 6,500 languages in the world, each of which are unique and diverse, and so are the people that speak them. Even though almost every country in the world has a different national language then the other countries, the world is a unified, yet wildly diverse planet, and it is beautiful. Language can be a hurdle, but not a barrier. The difference is, people can leap over hurdles, while barriers
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This neighbor speaks a tiny, tiny amount of english. We have no idea what he actually speaks. But the other day, my mom was working in the yard, and he was taking a walk around the neighborhood. I heard laughing, and through broken english and hand signals, my mom and this neighbor were having such a hilarious, light hearted, and genuine interaction, they were both laughing. It only lasted a few minutes but it was inspiring. To know, that these two people, who spoke next to no words in the other person's language, could have such a genuine, and funny interaction is an amazing and reassuring thing to know. This shows that even through a language hurdle, not a barrier, that people can still have fun and be happy. On the topic of different languages being spoken between two people language expert Brian Kwong has said ""Friend” does not equal “language partner”". He says this to show people can have humorous and fun interactions without speaking the same language. There is no reason to make everyone in the world speak the same language. It is something that can be worked around, and it is not a barrier that needs to be blown up. If two people really do need to talk to each other with comprehensible words and statements, there are amazing ways to do this. The most simple one is an amazing tool called google translate. It might be a bit broken and wonky in places, but it can get the job done for neighbors. If its more formal, and one needs a bit more than google translate, there are bilingual people who can work as translators. Bottom line, language can not stop those who are willing to
This neighbor speaks a tiny, tiny amount of english. We have no idea what he actually speaks. But the other day, my mom was working in the yard, and he was taking a walk around the neighborhood. I heard laughing, and through broken english and hand signals, my mom and this neighbor were having such a hilarious, light hearted, and genuine interaction, they were both laughing. It only lasted a few minutes but it was inspiring. To know, that these two people, who spoke next to no words in the other person's language, could have such a genuine, and funny interaction is an amazing and reassuring thing to know. This shows that even through a language hurdle, not a barrier, that people can still have fun and be happy. On the topic of different languages being spoken between two people language expert Brian Kwong has said ""Friend” does not equal “language partner”". He says this to show people can have humorous and fun interactions without speaking the same language. There is no reason to make everyone in the world speak the same language. It is something that can be worked around, and it is not a barrier that needs to be blown up. If two people really do need to talk to each other with comprehensible words and statements, there are amazing ways to do this. The most simple one is an amazing tool called google translate. It might be a bit broken and wonky in places, but it can get the job done for neighbors. If its more formal, and one needs a bit more than google translate, there are bilingual people who can work as translators. Bottom line, language can not stop those who are willing to