Some might argue that language need not be vocal but simply a common frame of reference for the purposes of transmitting information.

@LenHazell53 that was the thought. Sign, written, spoken, visual representation. I guess that a visual representation isn't language. Would it be better to say "communication" instead? I still think it hits the mark well... starts with communication. I liked the way it sounded. Either way, hard to teach, or learn something without an appropriate way to communicate a new idea. And a new idea needs ways to be described.

@ownworstenemy "Communication" would be better, because it is hard to determine3 how much communication without spoken language is innate (instinctual or otherwise) and how much is learned.