How did people who speak different languages communicate in the past if language barrier is a thing even now?
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My father worked in a part of china 15 years ago where nobody spoke english and at some places it was the first time they saw a foreigner (He once went into a restaurant where they showed him pictures of foreign guest they had in the past and took a photo of him and hung his picture right next to the others).
He usually tried to look what other guests had at their plate in restaurants and ordered by pointing at this guests plate.
He also pointed at his luggage and mimicked a plane to a taxi driver hoping he would bring him to the airport. Body language is very helpful.
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