Body language a conversation, 7% of what is communicated is via what is said, 38% is via tone of voice, and the majority, 55%, is via body language. This is also referred to as the ‘7%-38%-55% Rule’, and is often considered in studies of human communications. Whilst there is a wider debate about the percentage share which should be attributed to each of the three contributing factors, it is generally agreed upon that body language plays a fundamental role in determining the attitude a person conveys. A person may alter their body language in order to alter the attitude they convey; this
Adang language siblings, parallel-cousins and cross-cousins. There is a distinction between younger and older siblings/cousins, respectively "diʔ" and "matu", and a single term for the same group: "-uding." These terms are all gender-neutral, but can be modified with "ob" ‘female’ or "lote" ‘male’ (e.g. "no’uding lote" ‘my sister’). For biological siblings "matu" or "diʔ" is preferred, but "-uding" is also acceptable. Conversely, parallel-cousins are generally called -"uding" but may sometimes be called "matu/diʔ". Cross-cousins are almost exclusively referred to as "-uding." Adang language Adang is a Papuan language spoken on the island of Alor in Indonesia. The language is agglutinative. The Hamap