Communication through Language
Language is an instrument through which we express our feelings and communicate with others. It started and developed through human civilization.
Not only human beings, birds, animals, plants they also communicate through their own language.
Only difference is, human language is manmade and animals language is God made, animals are born with it.
In layman’s ear, barking of dogs may sound just the same. But from the same barking, a dog lover will understand whether the dog is hungry, angry, playful, or wants to be petted. Animals are most genuine in expressing their emotions. They do not have words, but their body language, tonal modulation, expression of eyes everything works together. Nobody taught them, they are born with it.
It is amazing to see how animals divide their duties and give alarm calls to each other. Crows and cocks are ever ready to give awaking morning call to others in early dawn. After some time other birds start chirping and get ready to fly away from their nests in search of sumptuous breakfast.
Forest is the place, where big, middle size, small animals, birds all stay in harmony. But when there is an impending danger from human being or from some big animals, monkeys and crows start giving danger signals in top of their voice to all other animals. They play the role of a security guard.
Animals are very straight forward in dealing with their kids. I remember one scene, where a young monkey was adamant and was refusing to jump from one terrace to the other. Its mother just slapped the kid, and pulled him to do so. There no language was needed, just action was enough.
Just before passing away my dear dog Lopsy gave me her last hug to express her gratitude. That touch was so genuine, that in a half a second she taught me the lesson of genuine love and sincere attitude of gratitude. That was the parting gift to me from my dear Lopsy.
Human language is more sophisticated, and it has been developed to express our feelings. It has also flourished in literatures through many ornamental expressions. To some extent, socio, cultural pattern also gets expressed through human language.
Urdu was most used language in Mughal court. It has a touch of royalty, courtesy, and very romantic too. Sound effect of Bengali language is quite soft which, to some extent may express Bengal’s easy going life style. The advantage of that is, when someone expresses strong emotions in Bengali, it does not sound too harsh, though from body language and tonal quality, reality may be revealed. If English is spoken with proper English accent, one may hear the rhythm of marching sound in it, which is similar to English man’s formal and disciplined life style.
Though language can be an instrument for our easy communication, but it can be very powerful, strong, and more expressive if we combine our body language, with right tonal quality, appropriate choice of words all together with right intension. Communication becomes most effective when our intension, choice of words, and body language all work together in the same order.
But often in today’s society, for different reasons, we do not express our feelings or intensions, in an honest way. We try to be diplomatic in using our language. It is good, when we do not use strong language to others, but it can be confusing when our language is very sweet, but intension is not be pure.
Language should not be blunt to hurt anybody. But communication can be effective only when our intension is pure, and our expression, choice of words, right tonal quality all are used in perfect balance and harmony.
Our intensions and thoughts are very powerful, they create life in our language. Verbal language is just an instrument to manifest our inner feelings. It is truly said by some poet
“when the heart full
Silence is the best expression”.
