Oh ok. Looking up what you told me i learnt that  what  I thought was 1 concept called conciousness, could be defined as 2 separate but related concepts - Qualia and self-awareness.<p>Looking up the wiki article, it seems most animals don&#x27;t pass the mirror test of self-awareness although few have (such as primates, dolphins, magpies).The mirror-test has been criticized by some as human-centric approach which could give false negatives meaning possibly more animals could be self-aware.<p>Your connecting of awareness and language is interesting. Do you have any sources to look at (articles, books ,etc)? Quite interesting field really.<p>Thanks.