{"id":9158,"date":"2017-06-13T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.translationsingapore.com\/zh\/?p=9158"},"modified":"2020-12-07T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T09:07:34","slug":"why-did-language-become-extremely-varied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/why-did-language-become-extremely-varied\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Language Become Extremely Varied?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why the world has an\u00a0incredible linguistic variety?\u00a0A study by the\u00a0Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage-CNRS in France and the University of New Mexico\u00a0may provide\u00a0insight into this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>The study aims to analyze and look for similarities in 628 languages all over the world, based on every possible aspect, such as consonants, vowels, and environmental conditions in which the languages are spoken. The researchers found out that the concept of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/environment\/climate-and-environment-may-have-shaped-human-languages\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u2018acoustic adaptation\u2019<\/a>\u00a0is the main factor in creating the variety of languages.<\/p>\n<p>What this means is that different species acoustically interact (i.e. vocalize) based on the specific environment they\u2019re in. One example is how consonants seem to get distorted in forested areas. Scientists believe that the thick plant cover causes the distortion. As a result, the denizens of this type of environment must \u2018acoustically adapt\u2019 so they could communicate better.<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27305 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dictionaries-for-different-languages.-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dictionaries-for-different-languages.-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dictionaries-for-different-languages.-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dictionaries-for-different-languages.-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dictionaries-for-different-languages.-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Migration and Integration<\/h2>\n<p>Migration and integration further influence the mixing of various linguistic systems. Different species with their languages probably met with each other at some point in history and integrated with one another. With their different cultures, they have to adapt again. The result is a hybrid language, but it&#8217;s not necessarily the downfall of its roots. Prehistoric human ancestors may have experienced this, contributing to the massive language variety today.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this points to the uncanny ability of humanity to adapt. It doesn\u2019t matter if a process or system is already established. If the situation calls for it, people change to work better within the new situation. Nobody can tell exactly why there are so many languages, but this study&#8217;s\u00a0findings are as close to a right answer as we can get.<\/p>\n<p>At Lingua Technologies,\u00a0we take the world\u2019s different languages and turn it into our profession.\u00a0We mainly offer translation services for various applications.\u00a0If you need subtitles for your media or if you&#8217;re looking to have presentations localized, we can help. The diversity of the world\u2019s languages allows us to help people who need assistance.<\/p>\n<p>In your business, language barrier should not be a problem.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/language-translation-voiceover\/\">Contact us today<\/a>\u00a0and find out how we can help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why the world has an\u00a0incredible linguistic variety?\u00a0A study by the\u00a0Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage-CNRS in France and the University of New Mexico\u00a0may provide\u00a0insight into this phenomenon. The study aims to analyze and look for similarities in 628 languages all over the world, based on every possible aspect, such as consonants, vowels, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27833,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions\/27833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translationsingapore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}