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Brain imaging studies reveal that your native language physically shapes how your brain is wired, especially within the brain’s white matter — the pathways responsible for communication between regions. Languages differ in grammar, tone, structure, and sound patterns. These differences cause the brain to strengthen distinct neural routes depending on which language is learned from early childhood. Tonal languages, for example, activate different networks than alphabet-based languages. This resea