Types of Languages

Paralanguage 

Paralanguage is non-verbal communication such as the tone of voice, pitch and the form of speaking. Is more connected with verbal communication than with non-verbal. People do not realize that they are using paralanguage most of the time when we can say that learning paralanguage will improve our skills of communication.Laughing, crying, yelling and whispering are part of paralanguage too, so it is important how we say something in order to avoid misunderstandings. We have to learn in which situation we are going to use a higher or lower pitch, when we can laugh and when we can not, etc.

 

Language substitutes 

Language substitutes are basically other ways to communicate without speaking or writing. They are secondary codes molded on the model of a primary linguistic code. In language substitution we have 2 systems:

1- Instrumental system

Here we have all types of music that include percussive, string wind instruments. Those instruments are used to transmit feelings and emotions. Talking about cultural instruments is better to explain this, because a native sound means a lot for culture and for the development of communities. A specific sound gives us the idea instantly about which country and culture is the instrument. Also some instruments are used for a specific purpose.

2- Somatic system

Are produced with voice and without voice. Whistling (without voice) and humming falsetto (with voice) are examples of somatic systems. Around the world, there are certain messages that people express by just whistling. In El Salvador, if we pay attention to how people communicate, we will notice that whistling in El Salvador is fundamental when people want to say something without saying a word, and we see that the other people understand the message clearly. That can vary from region to region, sometimes we do not understand, but maybe it is because maybe just the family knows about a specific sound with the intention that only they can understand.

3- Sign language 

Sign language has the same importance as other types of communication. We know that they use their hands in order to communicate with each other. The population does not know much about it, but I consider that it is necessary to learn sign language in a way of helping the ones that only transmit messages with signs. Some words in sign language are like body language to the ones that do not know. For example, the word “clap” they do with their both hands a clap or to say “come here” they do the gesture as we know, and so on.