July 22, 2025
Speech and language are often confused, but they serve different roles in communication. Understanding the difference between these two essential components of human communication is key for educators, parents, healthcare professionals, and anyone involved in communication development. Today I will briefly explain the difference between speech and language in our blog.
Speech is often defined as the fabrication of phonetic sounds which includes the actual verbally articulated expression of language via synchronized movements of the respiratory, laryngeal, and oral mechanisms (jaw, tongue, lips, velopharynx).
There are three main elements on which speech relies:
Language is a rational‑symbolic system, that enables humans to create, understand, and share meaning across time, space, and modalities.
Three main elements of language include:
In short, speech is how we say words, the sounds that we articulate through our mouth, lips, tongue and language involves what we mean when we talk it can include different words, sentences we often use to communicate or convey our ideas and thoughts.
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