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[–] TigoleBitties 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Evidence points to that being very true. They've studied the language development of babies and find that kids of different races use a different set of language primitives as infants, regardless of the parents language, and language is a purely cultural construct. I could go into even more detail of how our brains are in a large part culture computers, where language is the programming language.

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[–] allahead ago 

As a contrast, it is difficult to form complex thoughts without the proper language. Many extant languages, especially in Africa, are not written down by the native speakers and exist only in the heads of the speakers. Their vocabulary is surprisingly small and they are not able to communicate complex ideas, or possibly even conceptualize them.