Have you ever been hanging out with your friend, when somebody else comes up and starts talking to your friend? Does your friend sound different when he or she talks? It's like they aren't talking the same language. Well, they kind of aren't.
All people speak to each other with a unique language. Yes, even you. You probably don't realize that you do it unless you are actively trying to sound a certain way. The way you talk to your best friend is different than the way you talk to your parents or a police officer or your boss. But the way you talk to your best friend will also be different from the way you talk to your other best friend.
The cool thing about these languages is that they tell you everything you can know about the relationship of the people speaking it. The subjects people talk about, the words that they use, the level of antagonism used (and whether it is friendly or legitimate), all explain how close the people speaking are and what kind of friends they are. And don't forget to consider the things they don't talk about it can be just as telling.
How does your language change as you go from person to person? Can you measure it? Does yours actually never change? Are you sure? How do your characters sound? Are they realistic in this sense, or do they talk to everybody as though they're the same person?
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