People speak different languages because they live in different places and have different traditions. Imagine if you grew up with your family speaking a language no one else around you speaks, that’s how new languages can form. Just like kids playing games together might create their own special way of talking, people living far apart from each other slowly change the way they speak over time.
Examples
- A group of kids on a playground inventing new words to play their own game
- A family moving from one country to another slowly changing the way they speak
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See also
- What are illocutionary acts?
- What are active participation of language users?
- What are informal texts?
- What are linguistic functions?
- What are languages?