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WHAT IS LAUGUAGE? Language is the most important aspect in the life of all human being .We use language to express inner thought and emotions, make sense of complex and abstract thought to learn to communicate with others, to fulfill our want and needs, as well as to establish rules and maintain our culture. Language can be defined as verbal, physical biologically innate, and a basic form of communication. And is the method of human communication either spoken or written; consisting of the use of word in a structured and conventional way. And is also a body and the system for their use in common to people who are of same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same culture tradition. Language pervades everyday human behavior so mush that it is important can hardly be over emphasized in the development of civilization. Language can also be described as the vehicle of thought and the key to effective learning. Language has various functions ranging from basic forms of communication to complex forms. Language does not only enable man to transmit his culture from generation to generation, it is also shape and reflect his culture. According to sapir (1921:8) “Language is a pure human and non-instinctive method of communication ideas emotions and desire by means of voluntarily produced symbols. This definition suffers from several defects. However broadly we construe the terms ‘idea’ emotion and desire: In his essay on language, Hall (1968:158), tell us that language is the institution whereby human communicate and interact with each other by means of habitually used oral-auditory arbitrary symbols’ Among the point to notice here are, the fact that both communication and interaction are introduced into the definition (‘interaction being broader than and, in this respect, better than co-operation) and, secondly that the term oral-auditory can be taken to be roughly equivalent to ‘vocal’, differing from it only in that