Language

Today the anthropologist wanted to talk about our language. More specifically he wanted to talk about how children learn our language. In our language called Lu-ar, it is up to the parents to teach their children the basic speaking skills that they will need until they learn more through the elders that the child chooses to learn from. We utilize apprentice styles of learning, meaning that the specific words that they need to know will come from the elders. So say someone wants to become a hunter. They will have to get approval from the guild leader. If they are approved, the guild leader will then proceed to teach the children well into the higher ranks of hunting. In a way they will never stop learning because you need words for everything in order to communicate exactly what you want to say to someone. For our village learning language is very much linked to the jobs and activities that someone partakes in. Throughout the childs growth from a baby the parents are to communicate with them from birth to adulthood as equals, it is looked down upon if you talk down to the younger generation, unless they need scolding. While they are babys and just communicate through simple noises like cooing or baby talk, most parents explain what the child is pointing at so that they may learn what the object is.