And [H|h]ere we come up against the big question

lying
that lies

behind all these considerrations ˇthe enquiries we have been making: [F|f]or one might

say
object

to me: “You're tak[e|ing] it easy! You talk

of
about

all sorts of language games, but you have

have never said what it is that's is essential

about
to

an language game, and th[at|us] means to language[.|;] [W|w]hat's it is that is in common to all these

procedures
processes

that
andch

makes ˇus call them languages, or parts of

a
the

language. You treat yourself to precisely ˇThat means you now don't bother now about that part of the enquiry, therefore, which at one time gave you the greatest

difficulty
puzzlement

, namely that concerning the general form of the proposition.” and of language.”
And th[at|is] is true. – Instead of

pointing out
stating

something which is in common to all that we call language, I say there is

nothing
no one thing

in common ˇto these phenomena on account in virtue of which we ˇthat makes us use the same name ˇword for all of them, – they are

akin
related

to one each another in many different ways. And

because
on account

of this

kinship
relationship, or these relationships,

we call them all “languages”. I

shall
will

try to explain this.

(2015–) Wittgenstein Source Bergen Nachlass Edition (WS-BNE). Edited by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen under the direction of Alois Pichler. In: Wittgenstein Source, curated by Alois Pichler (2009–) and Joseph Wang-Kathrein (2020–). (N) Bergen: WAB.