The Sapir-Whorff hypothesis proposes that language and cognition are the same thing, so any thought process is constrained--or nurtured--by the language in which is is articulated. Language diversity then allows not only for the expression of the same idea in different ways/languages but also for the expression of ideas that cannot be expressed in different languages. Awareness of the breadth of possibility of human cognition afforded by thousands of languages takes critical thinking skills outside the constraints of one's own language and cognition and puts into into the huge pool of ideas that is humanity.
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