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I would think that only if they were multilingual before they died. I don't think they are all knowing like a god, so they would have to gain the knowledge somehow.
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Hmm interesting question, of course my analytical mind goes to the patternicity theory, that being that the human mind will find something tangible to them out of an abstract noise or visual thing.

all I'm saying is that they "may" here what seems like english to them because their brain is wanting to make sense out of the noise they are hearing, therefore they truly believe they are hearing words.

Of course you don't want to argue semantics but this has always been my thoughts on this phenomenon.
Source(s):
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=patternicity-finding-meani...

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I think they would they be limited to the language of which they originally spoke. I don't know how they would automatically understand other languages just because they are now a ghost. Of course it's all speculation and whether or not ghosts even exist is still highly debated many many people.
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No, I do not think that ghosts are multi-lingual. I believe that ghost can communicate in the languages they learned when they were alive. If they learned more than one language when they were alive, after they die, they can communicate using those languages.

I know is know the same, but this is kind of an example. I grew up speaking Spanish, only Spanish. I started feeling comfortable speaking, writing and reading in English after I turned 26. During the first 25 years of my life I never spoke English when I had a dream because I did not know English. In my opinion, the same thing happens with ghosts. They cannot communicate in a language they do not know.
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This is a whole can of worm food you've opened up here! So much to explain and understand...

Ok, first of all the practice of hearing spirits is generally referred to as "CLAIRAUDIENCE" (you've heard of clairvoyance, right? - this is auditory instead of visual). Anyone who has a gift for clairaudience and uses it to communicate with spirits are referred to as "mediums".

WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

Because for your answer, you need to understand how Mediums do what they do, and how clairaudience works.

SO HOW DOES CLAIRAUDIENCE WORK?

The Medium will usually hear a number of signals from spirits - a voice, a material sound, the sounds of a memory, a name, or sometimes a foreign language. Many Mediums find that spirits don't heavily rely on their living natural language for communication (although some do) - using basic sounds, names, noises, or universal words to send a message. And most Mediums who experience clairaudience, also experience some form of clairvoyance (again, seeing things - images, visions, memories, materializations). This aids in the communication gap in case there isn't a form of universal communication.

SO ARE THESE GHOST HUNTERS FOR REAL?

Potentially...yes. First, there's nothing to say that the spirits aren't able to communicate in English (did they know it in life? can they learn after death? The mysteries of the universe and beyond!).

BUT DO I THINK THEY'RE REAL?
Probably not. I completely 100% believe there are real psychics, real Mediums. Real ghosts. But the odds that these yahoos on the show happen to be some of the very few gifted on the planet? VERY SLIM!

And the fact that they didn't address the language barrier issue does send up a red flag. Heck, the fact that they're on a tv show sends up a red flag, too!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyjcase/2191160470/
Source(s):
http://www.spiritlink.com/psychic.html
http://www.divineanswers.com/clairaudience/
http://www.rosemarythecelticlady.com/what_is_clairaudience.html
http://www.selfhealingexpressions.com/clairaudient.shtml

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Wow, im surprised no sensitive people answered this, or they just don't want to be outed due to the ignorance and heavy skeptism in most people..

No. Unless the being was multi-lingual when it died, ghosts do not automaticly get to instantly learn languages when they die. Most "ghosts" can just be a repeative energy stuck in a loop hole, a being unaware of their death(they do the same thing over and over again) or just a stale imprint of something tragic that happened in the past.

So no, in a paranormal view, a ghost is a being/energy that is stuck in a particular time frame, it cannot learn or move on.. so it can't learn another language

Oh and those paranormal shows are pretty much crap, IMO...
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If ghosts exist, I would guess that they communicate in the same language or languages they knew when living. On the other hand, their intelligence may be greatly reduced and focused. This could explain why they seem to get stuck, staying in one place and doing the same actions over and over again.
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I read some psychic books and they said the ghosts communicate to the medium not using language, but a kind of telepathy. So they don't have a language
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