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All languages? Of course not. There are small languages which don't fit one or two categories. E.g., how can you have a dialect if there's only a handful of spe
by tgv 4y ago
All languages? Of course not. There are small languages which don't fit one or two categories. E.g., how can you have a dialect if there's only a handful of speakers in the same village left? Languages may have the capacity to develop dialects, but they don't necessarily have them.
And not all languages can communicate all ideas. Piraha is a famous example of a language without counting, and which also lacks abstract words.
- ohCh6zos 4y agoTo take this a step further, it seems easy to build a conlang that lacks one of these.