From My Language, I See the Sea — How About Yours?

How learning a new language helps you unlock a culture from within

Rui Alves
A-Culturated
Published in
9 min readJun 6, 2024

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Colorful portrait depicting Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa sitting at a table next to a volume of his magazine “Orpheu 2.”
“Fernando Pessoa” portrait by Almada Negreiros | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Have you ever wondered how learning a new language can unlock an entire culture from within?

The language we speak influences our perception of the world around us. Did you know there’s a language with only 12 letters while the largest human…

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Rui Alves
A-Culturated

Language teacher, linguist, life coach, published author (joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.