[pdonis]

> the very core skills that you're suggesting are innate abilities in a person regardless of their upbringing

I have made no such claim.

> This is exactly how you learned everything you know; your parents talked to you.

This is not even remotely close to being correct.

> Language grants you the ability to define concepts in the first place

There is a vast literature in cognitive science that disagrees with you.

[s0ulphire]

Feel free to point me to something specific, like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_deprivation