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Does the act of assigning meaning to any thing count as language?

What if the things are part of a set, chosen for uniqueness and distinguishability. Meanings determined by tradition?

There's a lot of territory between the two.

>>swayvi+(OP)
How specifically do you define 'meaning' and (the domain of) 'any thing'? Pls. consider if your definition of language would lead to an inference that most animals have language abilities.