How did people who speak different languages ​​communicate in the past if language barrier is a thing even now?

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How did people who speak different languages ​​communicate in the past if language barrier is a thing even now?

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At the edges of every people group there will always be people who can translate between the two adjacent languages. It was normal for explorers to employ translators along the way. Sometimes it would require going through multiple translations.

My wife was in Burkina Faso a few years back. Some things required going through 3 translations. There were 2 local languages, French, and English.

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