Tan's language concern

After reading the "Yes or No" by Amy Tan, i was finally be able to dissolve some of my misunderstanding about Chinese people. we always talk about their politeness which is not often refer as a appreciation rather sometimes it sounds as a wit. now, when i learn that they have no such word as yes or no, i was really fascinated by the idea that they can not express their opinion at first place as we do. But Amy Tan made it very clear that two different language does not have to mean the same meaning for same word.Therefor, in Chinese language , it might not necessary to put any direct word for specific yes or no. They just say it in a different way. And that does not mean that they don't know how to say no when they need to as Tan was saying,"There is no word for yes or no- but not out of necessity to be discreet. if anything i would say the Chinese equivalent of answering Yes or No is discrete, that is specific to what is asked."(pg-34)
i really like it when she talked about being a bilingual. she brought up in America but in a mainland Chinese family. so she know both language more or less very well. that's why she could question herself what she knows about language when she needs to compare between two language. i like her example about this matter. we really don't know much about our language.
While reading this one, a question popped out in my mind and that is why we akways compare other language with English?

Kawser , sounds like " Kɑʊʃəʳ" in IPa. It’s a voiceless word that produce in velar with stops.

Some people do pronounce my name in a different way. Though I understand that is absolutely unintentional, it makes me feel weird when I think I got such a tongue twister name that nobody can pronounce it right. Sometime, I have to tell my name twice even three times when I introduce myself in public and, then I see some surprised face as they are thinking," wait, what did she just say?”But now I came to know that in some language, they don’t have the word for my name. Therefore, they are not familiar with my name’s sound. For example, Spanish American people will pronounce it as ‘ kausal’ “kaizer” as French and ‘cowser’ for Indian people. Actually it is an Arabic name which means a stream in heaven. So, I think those who cannot pronounce my name correctly, should listen to me very carefully first how I say my name and then try to follow the words sound.

Since English is my second language, sometimes I face the same problem about pronunciations. i have to think twice before I say something, especially before I call someone by name. I want to make it sure that I got it right. I always wondered why American people call ‘lisa’ as ‘liesa’ or ‘jose as ‘hose’ and ‘sugar’ as ‘chugar’ and so on. Now i know why and it makes me feel real good.

“What is a language” by asking this particular question one might feel stupid to others because we are wired to learn language from our earliest moments, and we learn with lightening speed. So, we think as a human being, it is natural to speak a Language no matter what it is. But what if a child grow up all alone, let’s say like “Tarzan, the jungle man”, would he be able to speak in a human language? No, since language means interaction and share between humans. Thus, Language has something to do with regular basis practice and that’s what a child does when he starts pick up the word. He would pronounce something wrong on first day but he would not do it next day.
Now, in an easy way we can say language is a system for communicating ideas and feelings using sounds, gestures, signs, or marks. Basically, it is the symbols we use in order to communicate with one another, and the rules that govern how we use them. A word is one or more sounds that in combination have a specific meaning assigned by a language.
i think language is a identity of who a person is.everybody should proud of their own language. Being a Bengali, i always feel so proud when i remember we are the only nation who had fought for their language. so, when i am abroad i am not upset at all beause i know i have something to feel important. Everyday, somelanguage are dying because nobody use them now or nobody practice them anymore.
Can we do something to save them from being lost?