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Languages

A sense of belongingness
If technically speaking A language is a
structured system of communication. The
structure of a language is its grammar and
the free components are its vocabulary.
Languages are the primary means of
communication of humans, and can be
conveyed through speech, sign, or writing
But what exactly is language?
Language is an instrument that helps people
remember their homes, their people, their
childhood. It is a way for them to reminisce
into the world they left behind for whatever
reason. It is a sense of security, belongingness
and peace. Language is an emotion that binds
people to their roots no matter where the
person is in the world.
5 languages from
around the world
Being realistic, since this
English language is easy to learn, we all
were first taught this language
Historically speaking English is a
from the day we started
West Germanic language of the
schooling through our parents,
Indo-European language family,
surroundings and teachers.
originally spoken by the
inhabitants of early medieval
English is so versatile that it is
England. It is named after the
the second language which is
Angles, one of the ancient
acceptable and can be used in
Germanic peoples that migrated
any country at any place.
from Anglia. It has around 370
million native speakers and 970
million non native speakers.
A half-read book is a
half-finished love affair after all.
- David Mitchell
Classic calligraphy Modern Hand-Lettering
calligraphy
Japanese
One of the world’s major languages,
with more than 127 million speakers
in the early 21st century. It is
primarily spoken throughout the
Japanese archipelago. Its complexity
and vast numbers of letters make this
language very difficult to learn but it
is the most beautiful written
languages in the world. Japanese is
widely considered as an aesthetically
.pretty language

Some beautiful phrases in


japanese: natsukashii – a
feeling something like Komorebi
nostalgia that warms the
heart by bringing back
memories, hanafubuki – a
blizzard of flower petals in
spring, or komorebi –
sunlight filtering through Hanafubuki
leaves of the trees.

We are very familiar


Hindi with this language but
There are about 615 million
native Hindi speakers, in an informal way.
which makes it the third The Hindi we speak is a
most spoken language in mixture of english and
the world. It’s the official easy Hindi. Formal
language of India, and is Hindi is way more
also spoken in countries complex and vast in
such as Nepal, Fiji, terms of literature and
Mauritius and Guyana. grammar.
Arabic
Arabic has a total of 274
Million speakers making it the
fifth most spoken language all
around the world. It is one of
the most complex language like
Japanese, Chinese, Hindi etc
because of its literature,
grammar and format. Arabic, like
Chinese, is so vastly different in
its respective dialects. Every
middle eastern country has
different dialect of Arabic.
، ‫الخوف ال يمنع الموت‬
.‫بل يمنع الحياة‬
Fear does not
prevent death, it
prevents life.
It somewhat relates to
Turkish Arabic because its beauty
Turkish, also referred to as can never be fully
TurkeyTurkish(TürkiyeTürkçesi), translated in English.
is the most widely spoken of
the Turkic languages, with
around 70 to 80 million
speakers. It is not a very
famous and popular language
but its history and beauty
surpasses every other fact.
A small prose in turkish:
Sevmek bu kadar güzelse,
kim bilir
sevmeyi yaratan ne kadar
güzeldir.
Meaning: If loving is so
beautiful, who knows how
beautiful is the creator of
love.

These were just some drops


from the vast ocean of
languages. There are so many
languages out there in the world
which are sacred to its people,
there would be more languages
that are still not discovered.

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