ive had this happen to me before and it is so interesting because to me it just means the culture behind this language is so significantly different that there isnt any word to descibe it in english.

I also believe that traveling to a place where this culture and language are present is very important, as well as becoming friends with people within this culture. I have found this experience very rewarding.

It is interesting how much these things that nobody talks about within the culture are apparent. I have never thought about how my culture affects my sense of self. I suspect these things are much less observed and talked about because of how hard they are to capture or explain.

This makes sense because language is a form of communication within culture. It makes sense that these two aspects would be so intertwined due to their growth. They have grown into each other so much it's almost impossible to separate them

Parts of my identity have shaped who I am, my friends with, my philosophy, and the opportunities presented to me.

This statistic makes me sad, but I am appreciative of the number of people committing to preserving these dying languages. Languages are important to preserve for many reasons, highlighting cultural value.

To me, it makes sense that there are so many languages because of the diversity of cultures throughout the world. The number that surprises me is that they are all still living. I am doubtful that I can even list over 20 languages. I wonder what different regions carry all these languages.

It's interesting to hear how economic and political power play a role in the most common languages we know today. Power and economy have a huge role in many parts of people's lives, even if you don't notice it. thinking about how many more native languages would have been major languages without the colonization of many places. I can imagine the languages around would be a lot more diverse.

I feel like I mostly hear people speaking major languages such as Hindi, Spanish, Mandarin, and others. I rarely ever hear native languages or other, more obscure ones. Those main ones we definitely have more access to than the ones we don't even hear.

I would much rather lose grammatical Knowledge then lose my vocabulary because vocabulary is the main base on how you can communicate with others while grammatical knowledge is more of a formality in my mind

This idea makes sense to me because although people can speak different languages we all universally see the same things and are able to describe the same things. when I travel to Italy I did not speak much Italian but I was able to communicate what I wanted based on hand signals and pointing and occasional words.

I do believe that the environment that you are learning in matters deeply based in the people that you surround yourself with and their intentions. an environment filled with other people wanting the same goal as you is so much more beneficial than others.

This interests me because using Duolingo, you are praised for minor things, making your successes seem bigger than they actually are. I wonder if this is a good tool that will actually help you learn the language or if it can only get you so far.

This reminds me a lot of immersion because they are not relying on classes to learn these languages but instead surrounding themselves with media from these languages, giving them a more diverse view of the language. classes learn languages slowly and little parts at a time. Starting with little things like how to say actions but polyglots focus more heavily on the language entirety all at the same time. I also wonder if this over time, makes it easier to learn the next language.

This makes me think that communication can be based solely on people's perceptions. We use our knowledge of what someone looks, sounds, and acts like when they are not "fine" to distinguish that Ross is not fine but maybe if an alien watched this video without any prior knowledge of what humans act like it would believe what Ross is saying. Does communication directly have to do with context clues?

After thinking this over I came to the conclusion I believe that communication is much broader than just language. To me, it feels like language can be a form of communication but communication is not just language. I can successfully communicate that I'm tired to someone by just yawning.

Learning a language in todays society is seen as something so difficult because the ultimate goal is to learn to communicate with someone else that knows this language. I feel like this makes it harder because when you don't know a language fully it feels like there are certain limitations to the conversation, I am fluent in Spanish but haven't had proper classes in a few years and have noticed i have forgotten a few words. when speaking Spanish with someone I sometimes realize that there are certain things I want to say but I have forgotten the words to them. I usually decide to just avoid saying more for fear that I won't be able to fully get my point across in Spanish.