What is Language?

General Introduction on Language, Policies and Politics 1.1 Concept of Language: Language is God’s special gift to mankind. Without language human civilization, as we now know it, would have remained impossibility. Language is ubiquitous. It is present everywhere––in our thoughts and dreams, prayers and meditations, relations and communication. It is our ability to communicate through words that makes us different from animals. Language is a very important means of communication between humans. A can communicate his or her ideas, emotions, beliefs or feelings to B as they share a common code that makes up the language. No doubt, there are many other means of communication used by humans e.g. gestures, nods, winks, short-hand, Braille alphabet, Morse code, acting, miming, dancing etc. But all these systems of communication are extremely limited or they too, in turn, depend upon language only. Language gives shape to people’s thoughts and guides and controls their ...