2007-08-03 05:36:46 · 11 answers · asked by random mentalist. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
None of the languages spoken today was a first language spoken by humans. However, the first human languages 30,000 to 150,000 years ago were most likely polysyntheic in nature much like Eskimo, the American Indian languages and the Australian aboriginal languages.
Some linguists believe they were aslo full of clicking sounds much like the Khoi (or Bushman) languages of South Africa. According to some "tsk-tsk" to express disapproval is about all that is left of the ancient clicking sounds in modern English.
Since words for baby, mother, father, dad and mom are similar or roughly similar to each other in many languages around the world it is possible that they were some of the first words. Some linguists, like Merrit Ruhlen, argue that "wolf-dog" and "water" are some of the oldest words too leaving a trail of cognate words that stretch from from Europe and Northern Africa all the way into the Americas. However, this hasn't been universally accepted by all linguists.
2007-08-03 06:46:58 · answer #1 · answered by Brennus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a hotly disputed subject, but the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's Cosmogony believes that the first amphibian Pirate to emerge from the primordial muck said "Arrrgh!", not only because the oxygen contents in the primordial atmosphere were rather toxic to his lungs, but also because he had inadvertently stepped in a particularly putrid mass of goo.
Another popular theory is that the first Midgit touched by His Noodly Appendage was quite surprised, in a piratical kind of way.
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In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was "Arrrgh!"
— Piraticus 13:7
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2007-08-03 06:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by par1138 • FCD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dunno about the first language, but I'd bet the first word was equivalent to "mine."
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2007-08-03 05:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's been said that at one point, everyone in the world spoke the same language. I'm just not sure what that language was :-x
2007-08-03 05:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
reactions like laughter and crying are universal. Also, 'ok' is the most known word/phrase in the world everywhere, and after that its 'coke'.
2016-05-17 08:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by jerry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about first language but i think first word is
hungry or go or hunt something??
2007-08-03 06:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by askawow 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Neanderthal's baby's first word was probably "papa." As for the language, there are many that it could be. (English, Latin, Greek)
2007-08-03 05:54:53 · answer #7 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There was no LANGUAGE when the first word was created. iT WAS PROBABLY A SOUND AND A POINTED FINGER--PROBABLY ABOUT FOOD.
2007-08-03 05:53:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English you fool - the bible is English, the words are all in English, I know, I've read it and it is never wrong.
The first word spoken was by God, He said "Let".
2007-08-03 05:58:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, since we came from a chimp, the first and secord words were probably "bbbuuuggg yummy!" Quickly followed by "you stupid idiot, just ate aunt lucy!!!!!"
2007-08-03 05:46:58 · answer #10 · answered by b k 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋