What Makes One ‘Language’ Different from Another?

Imagine you're playing with blocks. Each block is a word, and the way you stack them is like how people speak. A language is just a special kind of block tower that people use to talk. Some towers are short, some are tall, and they can look completely different from one another. That’s what makes each language unique.

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  1. A dog is a pet, but in Spanish, it's un perro.
  2. English people say 'Thank you,' but French people say Merci.
  3. The way people count in Chinese is different from how they do it in English.

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