Languages Divides us and Unifies.

Does language divides us or unifies us?

Language is present in every culture. It is the key to communication among societies. But what happens when language is different among societies or if it the same? I came to the conclusion that language can divide us and also unifies us  depending what language do we know and what  language the people that we want to talk or communicate with know. I speak Spanish and when I came to the US i didn't know English. For me it was a barrier  for school. I had to stop taking my regular classes that I use to take at my home country and I had to take ESL (English as a Second Language) Classes. Sometimes when I tried to make friends other than Spanish speakers classmates they didn't understand me or i didn't understand them. I was really frustrating because i couldn't express my feeling or my opinions. For my experience that I had when I didn't know English I conclude that language can divides us because if you try to speak with someone who doesn't speak your same language or doesn't have a language in common with you there are so many difficulties to understand that person. Language can also unify people, communities, countries. People who speak the same language can be more connected and express their ideas, feelings, opinions easily.  Politics can convince people to vote for them by making their publicity in the language that people of that region know. Parents can talk with their children using the same language. US official language is English for these reason we need to learn this language so we can be more able to communicate  with each other.