BT: [[people and society]] / [[communication]] --- # language [[Humans have the capacity for spoken language thanks to developments in both the human brain and the ‘anatomical arrangements in the region of the larynx, pharynx and tongue’ (which give us such a broad range of sounds).]][^1] (See also: [[human evolution]].) ## specific languages - [[Chinese language]] - [[English language]] - [[German language]] ## niche uses of language - [[idiom]] - [[synecdoche]] [^1]: Boyden, ‘[[Boyden, ‘Human Biohistory’, 2013|Human Biohistory]]’, *Long Term Socio-Ecological Research*, ed. Singh et al., p. 141.