What is Language?

In our lives, we use language every day. We seem not to care about it, but it would be almost impossible to live without a way to communicate with others. However, if we ask ourselves what is language itself, we have a quite interesting question, as a language is not only a group of sounds. I think language is a system created by a community of people, who give a meaning to a determined combination of sounds, in order to allow the exchange of ideas between persons. In this sense, the language is both the sounds and the meaning that these sounds have, and also the feelings that involve some words.

If we go more in depth, language can be an awesome tool if we know how to use it properly. The way we express ourselves makes a great difference in the way other people take our ideas. Language can be helpful to express our point of view or convince someone. However, if we have problems in the use of language, it can be a great impediment at the moment of sharing our ideas. Another aspect that we have to consider is that there are different languages around the world, therefore, knowing more than one language may help us a lot in the globalized world we live in.