TONGUES is a precious gift from God

Truth is no one is going to be able to give you discernment.

It would take too long to get into in detail, but his person does not have a good grasp of some basic linguistic theory; particularly phonetics.

Given the construction of glossolalia (it's syllable structure, phonemic make-up, etc.), and the fact that most speakers will use a subset of the phonemes found in their respective languages - specifically those easiest to produce physiologically, there is going to be overlap between speakers of different languages. That said, no two tongues will ever be the same....ever. There are as many 'tongues' as there are speakers of same. If for a moment we say that tongues a re some sort of heavenly language, why would there ever be a need for more than just one??

If a person or being produces a stream of speech, in order for it to be ‘language’, regardless of whether spoken in front of you, in some remote corner of the word, on some alien planet, or on some heavenly/spiritual plain of existence, to be 'language', at its most basic level, it must contain at a minimal two features – (1) discrete units of various sorts, and (2) rules and principles that govern the way these discrete units can be combined and ordered. It cannot be stressed enough that these two features are universal, regardless of where or by whom the speech is being produced. Without these two features, you don't have language. Glossolalia contains neither feature. It is simply a façade of language.

I'm familiar with many of these, particularly Samarin and Goodman. I think you're misreading something - nowhere do either advocate that modern tongues-speech is actual language, nor have I ever heard of any other linguist who does. "Language-like" is the usual moniker attached to tongues-speech. Unlike gibberish, tongues seek to mimic language (gibberish, by its very nature, does not).
I've already addressed the typical subset of phonemes found in tongues-speech in a previous post.

Some people do speak it in an inspired state, but again, if one studies the the structure and glossic strings, any hope of postulating real language quickly goes out the door.

Motley, the Brilliant Harvard Linguist, wrote in the Analog of the Heverly Studies:
Glossia examples he found are in a number of ways Language-like, yet [[unlike]] the Language of the Speaker!

You'll need to give a more definite link, but again, he concludes "language-like".

Did you take it to God?

Did you sincerely and humbly pray and ask the Lord about it?

Truth is no one is going to be able to give you discernment. You are going to have to seek that out for yourself. You are not going to find it in a textbook, scientific journal, or linguistics training.

It is going to take humbly seeking the Lord.

Ask, seek, knock. To those that ask, it shall be given. Those that seek shall find, and to those that knock it shall be opened.

Sincerely and humbly ask God out of faith, and He will answer.

I'm praying that God moves within your heart and mind and shows you in a way that is best for you and that is clearly evident to you.

So, essentially there is a lot of debate even amongst tongues-speakers as to what's legit and what's not. That seems to be the gist of what you're getting at (?).

The one thing that seems to be lacking in this whole discussion is common sense. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what's right in front of your face. I'm not a linguist and know little to nothing about linguistics; but I don't need to. I've lived long enough in this world to know a rat when I see one.

I know of kavic here, from way back. basically only frequents tongues threads

he is not saved and practices another religion, which he said he will not divulge

so...no sincere and humble prayer going to happen here barring a change of heart

it is good to know who you are really dealing with

Even the Holy Spirit through Discernment within me [does not] trust You.

Is that what you see every time you look into a mirror?

No, I'm not perfect but neither am I a religious con artist.

neither am I a religious con artist.

Instead, You are a Blasphemer of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit?

That explains the Discernment concerning kavic!

Thank You!

I was wondering why I felt like he was not a Follower of Christ and trying to Deceive those within this Thread.

The thing that Charismatics want more than anything is for everyone to go along with their charade. We believe one thing and you believe something else they'll say. Can't we all just get along. My reply is absolutely not; I'll never go along with an obvious con just to get along.

Kavic?

You are hanging off his Baloney like it is the very breathe you require to live!

Hope kavic makes no sudden turn, hate to see your nose snap off like that

First, I'm not trying to deceive anyone. Modern tongues-speech is what it is; non-cognitive non-language utterance. With respect to discernment when it comes to tongues; I do not hold that it's anything divine/demonic in origin; it's an entirely self-created phenomenon - for me, there isn't really anything to discern. That said, I do believe that the spiritual tool it is, it is a powerful one and its effects can be quite profound. This may also be said of any other culture/religion that practices glossolalia.

Kavic can believe whatever he wants. I don't need a linguists to tell what's patently obvious.