Distinguishes between language diversity and language universal!

Distinguishes between language diversity and language universal!

extension.org (2008): The language of diversity is an evolving one that requires awareness, understanding and skill much in the same way as other areas of diversity competencies. Language provides a means for communication among and between individuals and groups. Language serves as a vehicle for expressing thoughts and feelings. And when it comes to diversity, language can be a bridge for building relationships, or a tool for creating and maintaining divisions across differences. Having a common language for talking about and across difference is essential for breaking down divisions and working towards achieving understanding and partnership. In developing a common language around diversity it is important that language be affirming and not about creating blame, guilt or pity.

answers.ask.com (2012): Diversity simply means different. Language diversity means having many different languages spoken in the same place. Peru in South America has is linguistically diverse because the population there speaks Spanish, English and several different Indian dialects.

In other words, wikipedia.org (2012): Language Universal may refer to a hypothetical or historical language spoken and understood by all or most of the world's population.  In some contexts, it refers to a means of communication said to be understood by all living things, beings, and objects alike. It may be the ideal of an international auxiliary language for communication between groups speaking different primary languages. In other conceptions, it may be the primary language of all speakers, or the only existing language. Some mythological or religious traditions state that there was once a single universal language among all people, or shared by humans and supernatural beings, however, this is not supported by historical evidence.

So, the differences between language diversity and language universal is, if language diversity, there are many different languages that are mastered by many people (group) or individuals in a community, and it can be a bridge for building relationship, and not all people in the wider world know the language. In the other hand, language universal when there is one language that is spoken and understood by all or most of the world’s population. In some contexts, it refers to a means of communication said to be understood by all living things, beings, and objects alike. But, until now, there no language universal in the world. For example English, it is not language universal now, because many people still do not understand about the language. And Arabic is also not a language universal, because the language is only mastered by Arab and some moeslems in the word. A language can be called as language universal if the language is mastered by all people.

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extension.org. 2008 : The Language Diversity. Available on: http://www.extension.org/pages/10009/the-language-of-diversity. Accessed on 11^th February 2012.

answers.ask.com. 2012. What is Language Diversity. Available on: http://answers.ask.com/Education/Other/what_is_language_diversity. Accessed on 11^th February 2012.

wikipedia.org. 2012. Universal language. Available on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_language. Accessed on 11^th February 2012.