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2459913 No.2459913 [Reply] [Original]

lets say there are two people that live on 2 different planets that speaks 2 different languages. one day they meet. will they be able to learn each others language?

>> No.2459917

nope. the americans and the native americans still try to figure out how to communicate.

>> No.2459924

remember robinson crusoe?

>> No.2460007

If it's in a movie, then yes, probably.

If it's real life, then most likely not.

>> No.2460041

if their way of communicating (oral) and the wavelenght of the sound getting out of their cock-hungry mouths is audible for both, then yes.

If the answer was no, explain how I speak German, French and English; it's the exact same thing.

Just make sure the aliens use sounds that a human can produce and vice-versa.

>> No.2460046

Kiteo his eyes closed. Shaka, when the walls fell.

>> No.2460054
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2460054

>>2460046
DARMOK AND JALAD
WITH ARMS OPEN

>> No.2460061

>>2460041
>german, French, English
>implying they aren't pretty much the same thing
>implying they don't all originate from the same language

>> No.2460064

>>2460041
gavagai?

>> No.2460071

>>2460061
All Indo-European languages are supposed to originate from the same language. That being said, the phonology of French, English and German is nothing alike.

>> No.2460083

>>2460071
But they're all nice inflected languages with many common grammatical elements

>> No.2460467

>>2459913

They should have no problems, if they are same species. It happened often enough in real world.