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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Answer 1

When populations of adults speaking different languages work together they come up with a simplified blend called a [pidgen language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin). Their children will come up with a more robust, complex [Creole language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language).

Interesting note: every creole language in the world allows the use of double negatives. All of those ridged thinking English teachers can just go shove.