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who looked at a table and said the universal name for this object is "Table" or the colour blue "Blue". Who named all the objects in the world. I know Adam named all the Animals.
Who looked at a book and named it "book".
Just wondering.

2007-05-30 23:05:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

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The language evolved....starting 65,000 years ago. Way before keeping records existed. Open the link below it is truly amazing.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2005-07-07-english-part1_x.htm
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The link below is very detailed and does not say it begins in Africa.
However, since it is believed that Adam and Eve started a the mouth of the Tigris/Euphrates River.
Then it must have it's origins somewhere between Africa and Iraq/turkey/
[a. The Bible tells us in general terms. It was somewhere in the Tigris/Euphrates River valley, in the area we now call the "Fertile Crescent." See Genesis 2:14.]
http://www.krysstal.com/english.html

2007-05-30 23:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0 1

WOW that far back u wanna go the english lauguage started way back in like the 0 hundreds. as time progressed ppl gave things names that relate to there last name middle name or first. if the colour blue was called thai u would b asking y is thai called thai! get it lol

2007-05-31 06:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by Albe B 1 · 0 0

Wonderful Question Dearie! Well it is parts of other languges put together over time. Then slang devolped and now if you hear teens in Texas it is different from on the streets of NYC

2007-05-31 07:07:16 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Rae♥ 3 · 0 0

It all comes from Latin, French, German, Yiddish and Spanish to name just a few. There was a very interesting show about in on the history channel

2007-05-31 06:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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