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comment by bhrgunatha
bhrgunatha  ·  1197 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language

Your point about not using parts used in other languages because they're missing from your mother tongue/s becomes very clear when you try and teach.

I think the most surprising is that it's almost impossible to produce phonemes you aren't exposed to by the age of 2 IIRC. Of course it takes longer to actually produce the sounds but you need exposure at a ridiculously young age to even have a chance. I wonder if there's a similar limit with the more abstract higher level parts of language.