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Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication , particularly the human ability to do so , and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics .
Questions concerning the philosophy of language , such as whether words can represent experience, have been debated since Gorgias and Plato in Ancient Greece . Thinkers such as Rousseau have argued that language originated from emotions while others like Kant have held that it originated from rational and logical thought. 20th-century philosophers such as Wittgenstein argued that philosophy is really the study of language. Major figures in linguistics include Ferdinand de Saussure , Noam Chomsky and William
Estimates of the number of languages in the world vary between 5,000 and 7,000. However, any precise estimate depends on a partly arbitrary distinction between languages and dialects . Natural languages are spoken or signed , but any language can be encoded into secondary media using auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli – for example, in graphic writing , braille , or whistling . This is because human language is modality -independent. Depending on philosophical perspectives regarding the definition of la