Speaking a language sets human beings from other animals reason being,
1. We can use abstract. For example, future and past.
2. We can borrow words from different languages.
3. We can be able to invent languages.
Linguist refers to a person who uses languages. He is able to analyse the language context, meaning and its form.
Linguist is well known to analyse language of human beings by way of observing a play between the meaning and the sound.