2006-11-14 02:31:02 · 16 answers · asked by POPPY 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It was because of God, read Genesis 11, The tower of Babel
2006-11-14 02:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I think it's only a matter of time before we're all speaking the same language - a lot of countries have an official second language so people can communicate with a higher percentage of the world's population. Basically, at the moment, if you can speak English, French or Spanish, you'll be able to talk to almost anyone in the world. It won't be long before most of the world will be like Wales, where the main language is English and the second language will be the original native language.
2006-11-14 10:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Melanie D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the World Wide Flood of Noah,civilization began a come back and they all wanted to center around Babylon.God wanted the people to spread out over the whole Earth,so He made the different groups speak different languages .The languages group together and spread out to their own areas.
Genesis chapter 10.
2006-11-14 10:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Each person has his/her own reasons, in my case, my native language is Spanish, and I live in Spain, so I don't have any need to learn any different language, but I find it interesting, and also, by knowing more languages you may improve your general knowledge, so, for instance, you look for a tutorial or even a new in Internet, if you read it in your own language, you may find it quite reduced, if you look for news out of your own country, you may find other point of view more impartial, and more general...
2006-11-14 11:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by esther c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do it for business purposes, some for educations, others as hobbies.. And me, I'm learning 5 different languages for those 3 reasons.
2006-11-14 10:46:19 · answer #5 · answered by yusdz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some languages aren't all that different, like Spanish/Portuguese and Italian. Others are way different, like Basque. It makes the world a more interesting place.
2006-11-14 10:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by mini metro 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because I have to.
I speak Japanese as my first language, but I wanted to come to UK to attend an art college. So I had to learn English and had to be able to speak it, as Japanese is not commonly spoken in UK. So I speak English.
I tell you, it's very convenient to be able to speak different languages, if you live abroad.
2006-11-14 13:00:45 · answer #7 · answered by ono 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the world is very big so people who lived in an area created their own languages and they stood so
2006-11-14 10:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by angel 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it's fun trying to figure out what other ppl are saying.
2006-11-14 11:25:50 · answer #9 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its fun to do that...
when u can speak other people's languages, they tend to be happier and surprise...
2006-11-14 10:39:56 · answer #10 · answered by Silas 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋