Authors : Harshit Gupta

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 10 - October

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25oct1040

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Abstract : Language is the deepest algorithmic process the human mind has produced. Far from a mere communicative tool, it is the structural record of how cultures compute their realities, codify cognition, and transmit adaptive intelligence. This paper reconceptualizes language as a cultural algorithm: a recursive, self-organizing system in which ritual, trade, symbolism, and social hierarchy serve as variables that iteratively generate linguistic complexity. Drawing on Daniel Everett’s (2017) claim that language is a cultural invention rather than a biological inevitability, the study extends his argument through formal modeling in the Integrated Cultural–Linguistic Heuristic Framework (ICLHF) and its derivative Cultural Adaptation and Linguistic Resilience (CALR) model. Using a hybrid dataset of 400 societies—half empirical, half simulated—the analysis quantifies how cultural structures drive linguistic differentiation. Results demonstrate robust correlations (r = 0.54–0.74) between cultural pressures and linguistic architectures and a decisive predictive relationship between linguistic hybridity and cultural resilience (R2 = 0.66). The Neuro-Linguistic Integration Score (NLIS) and Cultural Resilience Metric (CRM) operationalize these dynamics as measurable indices of cognitive adaptability. The findings reinforce the proposition that diversity is an algorithmic feature, not a flaw. Linguistic plurality and borrowing enhance neuroplasticity, enabling societies to maintain equilibrium under environmental and social stress. In treating language as a computational mirror of cultural logic, this research reframes linguistic evolution as an act of collective cognition—a living program written, debugged, and iterated across generations.

Keywords : Language as a Cultural Algorithm, Cultural–Linguistic Coevolution, Integrated Cultural–Linguistic Heuristic Framework (ICLHF), Cultural Adaptation and Linguistic Resilience (CALR), Neuro-Linguistic Integration Score (NLIS), Cultural Resilience Metric (CRM), Linguistic Hybridity, Cultural Computation, Cognitive Anthropology, Computational Linguistics, Cultural Evolution, Bilingual Neuroplasticity, Symbolic Cognition, Information Theory in Culture, Systems Theory of Language, Algorithmic Civilization, Cognitive Ecology, Language Diversity and Resilience, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Adaptive Communication Systems, Civilization Modeling.

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