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Svetski

Language says a lot about a people, a culture and a race. Different languages literally wire the brain differently.

There’s a reason why Germans are the most technically precise in the world.

And there’s a reason why Latin languages (and people) are more Roman-tic & fluid.

sifrant 7mo ago

it's called linguistic relativism and it's proven wrong

it's prolly the shared culture what causes this, but not the language

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ManiMe 7mo ago

John McWhorter is on his game … and I am no linguist … but I don’t really see a “diference” between language and culture. One begets the other, and the other begets another one.

In fact, I’ve witnessed myself, and heard from many polyglots, anecdotal accounts of languages having their own “way of thinking”. I’ve even been alive long enough to witness the emergence of new words and word usage within many “cultures”.

Language and culture and some version of “worldview” seem pretty intertwined to me. But also… I’m pretty sure this is not something that can be “proven wrong”.