Submitted by Objective_Reality232 t3_10q279f in explainlikeimfive
ThatSaradianAgent t1_j6nfy2j wrote
Language isn't just words. It reflects what a culture values. For example, you might have heard that the Inuit have dozens of words for snow. This is true because, for a people who live in a snowy environment, it was useful to describe powdery snow, a light dusting of snow, refrozen snow, deep snow, etc.
So living in different places, and with different people, necessitates different languages.
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