A language is a system, used for communication, comprising a finite set of arbitrary symbols and a set of rules (or grammar) by which the manipulation of these symbols is governed. These symbols can be combined productively to convey new information, distinguishing languages from other forms of communication. The word language (without an article) can also refer to the use of such systems as a phenomenon.
Human languages use patterns of sound for symbols. These sounds can be converted into written form with little loss of information. Gestures are a part of human language too. Some invented human languages have been built entirely on visual cues to enable communication. In human languages, the symbols are sometimes known as lexemes and the rules are usually known as grammars. "Language" is also used to refer to common properties of languages. Language learning is normal in human childhood. There are thousands of human languages, and these seem to share certain properties, even though many shared properties have exceptions.
There is no clear distinction between a language and a dialect, notwithstanding linguist Max Weinreich's famous aphorism that "a language is a dialect with an army and navy." In other words, the distinction may hinge on political considerations as much as on cultural differences, distinctive writing systems, or degree of mutual intelligibility.
Humans and computer programs have also constructed other languages, including constructed languages such as Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua, Klingon, programming languages, and various mathematical formalisms. These languages are not restricted to the properties shared by human languages.
According to another Yahoo! Answers response, it... "would be animal language. Animals express audibly by sounds and groups of sounds their feelings and sensations, such as contentment, fear, emotion, threat, anger, sexual desire and satisfaction in its fulfilment, and perhaps many other things. Long before man existed on earth there were animals preparing the earth for man's future arrival."
2006-12-11 07:42:45
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answered by Sky Li 3
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well according to the bible i believe it is babel because thats what he named the first city, was after the language of man so i guess it makes sense. latin is an old language to but the only reason it is still around and used so commonly is because its a language that never changes, 300 years ago dog in latin means the same as today most languages change fluently.
2006-12-11 07:41:53
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answered by ~*cRaCkNeSs*~ 3
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tribal language.......................................... jhinga la la hu hu
sanskrit.................
sanskrit is the root of all languages accept the "tribal language"
say,"jhinga la la hu hu"
2006-12-11 07:47:35
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answered by abc 2
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