Language

What is language? Dictionary.reference.com sais:

a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.

For me language is a way to express, communicate, and teach our ideas or feelings. Expressing our ideas is when we write a poem, a story, a song even when we paint or draw even when we talk. After expressing our ideas we communicate them to others for example: if I write a song that talks about being lonely and desire to kill yourself then you are communicating what you are feeling or what you think to others. Sometimes what we are communicating can be a lesson to the other person for example: for example when we are little and our parents told us stories that contain messages that teach us how to act in certain situations.  In my opinion language is just a way to transmit our ideas or feelings to other. I also think that some of the things that are transmitted to us can help us increase our knowledge.