21st February is marked as International Mother Language Day, a day that gives the message of preserving languages across the world. Every species on this planet is born with a language, but humans are the only species that are born with structured languages, sharing rules and regulations within diverse cultures and multiple languages, as well as meaningful thoughts and messages with each other. However, chimpanzees also have a language, but their messages are not clear compared to humans’ language. Chimpanzees share a language full of gestures and are unable to tell specific stories, such as what they saw or what happened; they only inform other chimpanzees about dangerous prospects, such as a lion attacking or escaping. But the languages spoken by humans are very clear in speaking and understanding meaning—softer in convincing someone, and sweeter in listening to someone. These are the ways and characteristics of all languages.

Every culture has its own language with its own richness. The Balochi language has three widely spoken........

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