Then why is everyone’s *gift* of tongues different from everyone else’s?
If it was all one language, then all the tongues speaking should sound the same and be the same and should be able to be identified as a language with grammar and syntax and a vocabulary.
And I have yet to see that.
I believe I myself have made this point (or part of it). The "why does everyone sound different?" can be explained, by the smart a** Pentecostal anyway, as "Because they're all speaking different African languages!" The better part to focus on is that the languages have no relationship whatsoever with what language is. There is no grammar, no syntax, no vocabulary. I can also attest that a person who is faking tongues can also have their tongues "interpreted" in a church, as if genuine. They have no discernment.
It is a prayer language that even Satan cannot understand. Do you not believe God understands every language across the world? It is His Spirit speaking to God the Father through the surrender of my tongue. He can understand the “groaning’s” of my heart. He knows what to pray before I do. There are more, but you will only take what you want and reject the other.