Can we only speak what has already been spoken? Have we spoken what is there to be spoken?
2006-08-09 19:29:26 · 8 answers · asked by Still Waters 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I got your question, maybe you meant to say have we spoken what is there to speak, I mean have we pronounce what is there to be pronounce. And the answer is no, because our tongue is a system which needs acclimataization and even till the death it is just like that of a kid and yes you can always learn to speak new sounds provided you hear them (yes, please dont laugh, if you can hear a sound properly you can always say it). So, keep learning and stay fine.
2006-08-11 00:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Bond 000 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fact that many people can speak more than one or two languages proves that the vocal cords are not just restricted to any specific alphabet. To learn another language involves learning the sounds of another alphabet so the answer to your question is no.
2006-08-10 03:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. We have the ability to listen and learn new ways of voicing out different sounds. That's how we learn a new language at the very first time. It's just how well we produce the sound and how other people or animals can truly understand them. But I do not deny that there are sounds we may need the help of other instruments to produce like the wailing of a whale.
2006-08-10 03:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by ickleronny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,there are many diifferent kinds of languages that still exist!
eg. arabian,chinese,malay,korean,taiwanese,japanese, ....
If our perception is restricted to only 26 alphabets of english,then we are certainly don't look to other's culture. There are many different sounds that our vocal cords can produce. That's why we can make any sound at any altitude anywhere.
2006-08-10 02:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Many languages have sounds that have no English counterpart. Arabic, for example, has a sound which may roughly be described as an 'a' produced in the back of the throat, which exists in no other language.
2006-08-10 02:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, though our vocal cords and mouth do become "used to" the sounds in our native language, so it can be very hard to make unfamiliar sounds in other languages. This is why it is so hard for many English speakers to make the French "r" sound, or for many Japanese speakers to make the English "l" sound.
It's difficult for us to adapt to making sounds that we didn't grow up making. But not impossible.
2006-08-10 14:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by kolvirbleys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there are many sounds in human languages that cannot be expressed in English. When you learn another language, you will learn sounds that cannot be expressed with the alphabet of english.
2006-08-10 02:34:07 · answer #7 · answered by polloloco.rb67 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it did, how can you explain those ppl that are multilingual ?
2006-08-10 02:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by r3173 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋