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What is the difference between language & communication?

Language is a construct of communication. It is a system of grammar, meaning, sounds, that is


standardized enough to be used by two people to convey information to one another.

Communication is any form by which two people exchange information. They could use
language, but they could also use gesture, facial expressions, signals, mimicry, visual or dramatic
art, or any number of ways to express that information.

Communication is the car, and language is the road. The car can go off-roading, or take a
different road (a different language).

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