Like who invented it?How did someone decide to call different things names?
2007-08-21 00:28:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Adam invented the first language when God instructed him to name the animals.
2007-08-21 02:12:39 · answer #1 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The study of languages and their origins is a very complicated field called "linguistics." There are multiple theories about the origin of languages and hundreds (if not thousands) of books written on this subject. It would be impossible to answer your question here. If you are really interested in the subject, try reading a book on "elementary linguistics." It will at least give you the basics about language and the major theories involved in determining how language began and developed.
2007-08-21 00:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language is a valuable thing, and nobody knows exactly where it comes from, though people have found interesting things and made up interesting theories on where language comes from.
Some people say there was one mother tongue, which is called Indoeuropean, and all languages we know come from that language, yet I have never heard any theory on where Indoeuropean came from or how it was "invented".
I think languages exist because people exist, and people need to communicate, and languages were invented in order to satisfy this communication need.
Some languages are born and some others die. This is because languages are alive, just as are human beings, and they are alive because they are used by living creatures.
For example, Spanish comes from a mixture of Greek and Latin basically. This mixture was taken to different parts of the world and was used by different kinds of people. With time this mixture continued changing, because people who used it changed too, and it has been enriched with other languages as well.
Hope this helps!
2007-08-21 00:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by londonangel007 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Its a biblical answer.Go back in the Bible to a guy called Nimrod who wanted to be a god o decided to build a tower to the heavens(the tower of Babel).He was also a very cruel man who killed animals for fun.eventually God got sick of it and confused all the languages of the people so that no one understood each other.Have a look into it if you like but thats the truth amazing aye?
2007-08-21 00:38:57 · answer #4 · answered by groovygran 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one knows. In the 19th cent. scientists had pretty much given up trying to find out. Now they're beginning to think about it again, but no real progress has been made. But everyone does agree that it was not invented but rather somehow evolved on its own.
2007-08-21 00:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started with the mother and child communication and carried on from there. The voice box is the expert at word formation and language.
2007-08-21 00:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by why 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language comes from creatures in order to communicate and survive....
2007-08-21 00:38:48 · answer #7 · answered by Arwa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beats just clubbing each other on the head like we used to before language.
2007-08-21 00:33:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
pipol were tolking
child said:
bobo!!!!
and mother came...
so the meaning becamoe "mother"
bobo gaaa!!!! ga!!!!
mummy eat!!!
2007-08-21 00:36:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from your mouth
2007-08-21 00:38:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋