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> [Language is mankind’s greatest invention – except, of course, that it was never invented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/language-is-mankind-s-greatest-invention-except-of-course-that-it-was/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

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> [“Language is mankind's greatest inventiom… that it was never invented.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/language-is-mankind-s-greatest-inventiom-that-it-was-never-invented/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

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## More by Guy Deutscher

> [As strange as it may sound, our experience of a Chagall painting actually depends to some extent on whether our language has a word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/as-strange-as-it-may-sound-our-experience-of-a-chagall-painting/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [And there are also languages that divide nouns into much more specific genders. The African language Supyire from Mali has five genders: humans, big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/and-there-are-also-languages-that-divide-nouns-into-much-more/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [“The normal man of intelligence has something of a contempt for linguistic studies, convinced as he is nothing can well be more useless. Edward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/the-normal-man-of-intelligence-has-something-of-a-contempt-for/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [“we see in essence not with two eyes but with three: with the two eyes of the body and with the eye of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/we-see-in-essence-not-with-two-eyes-but-with-three-with-the-two-eyes/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [“And if Germans do have systematic minds, this is just as likely to be because their exceedingly erratic mother tongue has exhausted their brains'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/and-if-germans-do-have-systematic-minds-this-is-just-as-likely-to-be/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [Language is mankind’s greatest invention – except, of course, that it was never invented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/language-is-mankind-s-greatest-invention-except-of-course-that-it-was/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [“Anyone who has tried to learn a foreign language knows only too dearly that languages can be full of pointless irregularities that increase complexity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/anyone-who-has-tried-to-learn-a-foreign-language-knows-only-too/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

> [“Language is mankind's greatest inventiom… that it was never invented.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-deutscher/language-is-mankind-s-greatest-inventiom-that-it-was-never-invented/)

[Guy Deutscher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-deutscher/)

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