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A common language is one of the defining characteristics of a [[nation]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1913|title=Marxism and the National Question|chapter=The Nation|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm#s1|publisher=''Prosveshcheniye''|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03.htm}}</ref> In class societies, all classes of the same nation share one language, although there may be minor differences in vocabulary between classes.<ref name=":0" />
A common language is one of the defining characteristics of a [[nation]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1913|title=Marxism and the National Question|chapter=The Nation|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm#s1|publisher=''Prosveshcheniye''|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03.htm}}</ref> In class societies, all classes of the same nation share one language, although there may be minor differences in vocabulary between classes.<ref name=":0" />
== See also ==
* [[International auxiliary language]]


== Further Reading ==
== Further Reading ==

Latest revision as of 20:30, 12 April 2023

Emblem of the Soviet Union saying "Workers of the world, unite!" in 16 languages

Language is a structured system of communication consisting of vocabulary and grammar. It is not part of the superstructure and develops over many centuries without relation to a specific mode of production. Language benefits all members of a society, not just the ruling class, and has existed since before class society. The vocabulary of living languages is constantly in a state of change as the productive forces develop.[1]

A common language is one of the defining characteristics of a nation.[2] In class societies, all classes of the same nation share one language, although there may be minor differences in vocabulary between classes.[1]

See also

Further Reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Joseph Stalin (1950). Marxism and Problems of Linguistics: 'Concerning Marxism in Linguistics'. Moscow: Pravda. [MIA]
  2. Joseph Stalin (1913). Marxism and the National Question: 'The Nation'. Prosveshcheniye. [MIA]