Invisible Borders?

Historically, as humans ventured off to new land along the spherical mass we call Earth (in English), new languages would sprout up, as if to demarcate this new area of land with a kind of invisible border. Even if from a similar or same origin, the neighboring area suddenly gains a slightly different shade or tone via the use of different of words/sounds/symbols. The physical or mental experiences might be the same or similar, but a different set of representations are being used.

Each area of land had its unique set of characteristics, and ultimately different forms of expression arose in the form of shared ways of doing things, foods, customs, ritual, unique regional words, etc. Physical adaptations to the environment also took place, creating a wider palette of representation of the human experience.

And within the invisible borders of language there are further demarcations. Language itself can reflect regional differences through accents. Language can reflect areas of interests via jargon and terminology used to explore and express an area. Language might also reflect socioeconomic status or even levels of education... it might also reflect subculture... Language might also reflect underlying differences in psychic priorities, by consistent focus and use of groupings of words within a language.

Rooting deeper into a spot or territory, while creating opportunities for growth in an area, it also creates unknowns and blind spots. The most basic primitive animal question will arise with what we perceive to be different or unknown to us: "Friend or Foe?"  Our continued survival demands we consistently ask the question over and over again.  Encoding within genes also seems to have its own agenda of "Friend or Foe towards long-term survival", thus we might have unknown forces encouraging us to act in one way or another.

Our territory identity markers make it easier to identify that "we're safe" or that "we belong"... but the same distinction creates the alternate view "you might not be safe" and "you belong elsewhere. A lot of the drama that continues to unfold is a result of this dynamic....

Okay... i don't know where this is going, so I will end this babble... while contemplating the end of the Tower of Babel.