![]() He noted that the Italian greeting "ciao" came from the word for "slave," schiavo, or "I am your slave." His book "Native Tongues" (1982) was a compendium of anecdotes about the development of language. Words also connote how cultures think, he said, citing as an example how the color red in China symbolizes joy, celebration and marriage, while white is associated with death and mourning. He wrote dozens of books about language, a subject he described as more than mere communication. I wanted my own language, too."ĭuring his life, he was said to have learned everything from Arabic to Zulu. Since I'd hear my mother switch to German when she spoke to my grandfather, I thought everyone had to learn everyone else's way of speaking to communicate. "I thought every person had their own particular way of speaking. "I didn't realize they were speaking different languages," he told The Washington Post in a 1982 profile. By age 3, he spoke four languages and had created his own. Charles grew up in a household where he was encouraged to learn a new language every year. Berlitz, who founded the language schools that bear the family name. ![]() Berlitz was the grandson of Maximilian D. Charles Berlitz, 90, the eminent linguist who also wrote kooky and spooky bestsellers exploring the Bermuda Triangle, the lost continent of Atlantis and other paranormal activity, died Dec. ![]()
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