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I vaguely recall watching a program on tv in which there was an African tribal language composed of clicking sounds and other sounds that were claimed to not be
by KennyCason 13y ago
I vaguely recall watching a program on tv in which there was an African tribal language composed of clicking sounds and other sounds that were claimed to not be able to he repeated unless learned from birth. I'm not entirely sure of the specifics but I remember it being cited as an "unable" to learn language
- reeses 13y agoMore likely, no one cared enough to make the effort to become fluent in the language. I would say that if it can be categorized as a language, it can be learned, because categorization would require the observation of patterns of cause and effect. (I know they're illusions, but they're useful illusions.) Then it's just a matter of gathering data, developing hypotheses, and testing your interpretation of the data by asking someone if their hovercraft is full of eels.