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<p>You should not cling to a regional language; you should not reject common usage.</p>
<p>This is a summary of the analysis of non-conflict.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.8-Arana-Vibhanga-S-m139-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Arana Vibhanga Sutta</a></p>
<p>A lot more discussions in <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.11-Language-and-discourse.-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Language and Discourse</a> by Piya Tan</p>

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Are those your words, or they are mentioned as in in any holy book please?
Yazid Erman
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This is Arana Vibhanga Sutta which is part of the Majjhima Nikāya which is part of the Sutta Pitaka which in part of the [Tripitaka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka)
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Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
<p>In Islamic quran, we Muslims are asked to know people from other nations and following other religions, we are recommended to learn their languages. Allah said: "O Mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes that you may know one another." Is there any recommendations in the Buddhism that tells the same? especially for languages learning?</p>

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Is it recommended in Buddhism to know people from other nations and learn their languages
# Is it recommended in Buddhism to know people from other nations and learn their languages

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-08)

In Islamic quran, we Muslims are asked to know people from other nations and following other religions, we are recommended to learn their languages. Allah said: "O Mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes that you may know one another." Is there any recommendations in the Buddhism that tells the same? especially for languages learning?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-08. Score: 3

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> You should not cling to a regional language; you should not reject common usage.
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> This is a summary of the analysis of non-conflict.

[Arana Vibhanga Sutta](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.8-Arana-Vibhanga-S-m139-piya.pdf)

A lot more discussions in [Language and Discourse](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.11-Language-and-discourse.-piya.pdf) by Piya Tan

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Are those your words, or they are mentioned as in in any holy book please?  
> **username_1**: This is Arana Vibhanga Sutta which is part of the Majjhima Nikāya which is part of the Sutta Pitaka which in part of the [Tripitaka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka)  

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