what is the best definition of language?

Question

in anthropological perspective. give me an answer which is sipmle and not complicated.

Answer 1

I teach my students that language is four things:
Language is a Communication system to pass real-time information about individual states, feelings, etc. to another member of the same species. (I am hungry)
Language is a Cooperation system to pass real-time information about group states and to maintain the cohesion of the group. (There is danger in the trees!, There is food at the river)
Language is a Consideration system to talk about unreal states. Unreal states include possibility (I can walk), probability (I might go there), future (I will go), negativity (It isn't warm), and falsehood (I am a beautiful 3' woman wearing a rubber man suit). It allows the planning of group activity and the evaluation of consequences (If we hide in the trees, we can catch the deer as they start to drink, kill them, and have plenty of food to eat).
Language is a Continuation system to talk about past events and technology with the purpose of teaching them to the next generation (George Washington was a great man because he never told a lie. We learned that you must hammer the nail this way or else you hit your thumb every time)

Answer 2

Tdl Meaning

Answer 3

A collection of sounds, agreed upon as a means of identifying common experiences and states.

Answer 4

The simplest I ever heard was given by my linguistic teacher last semester:

Language is human sounds as related to meaning.

Answer 5

The thing that happens when you move your lips and other people understand what you are saying

Answer 6

a mode of communication

Answer 7

a mean of interaction