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A '''language''' is a complex systems of communication facillitated by a collection of symbols (called '''[[vocabulary]]''' or lexicon) and rules for connecting these symbols (called '''[[grammar]]''').
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A '''language''' is a collection of symbols (called '''[[vocabulary]]''' or lexicon) and rules for connecting these symbols (called '''[[grammar]]''') that facilitates communication.
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Language differs from call signs used by primates and other animals in that language can be used without prompting or a stimulus and is necessary for higher thinking. Call signs are regarded merely as forms of communication rather than abstract symbol use.
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== Origin ==
 
== Origin ==
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The origin of language has been debated for long time among linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, theologians, anthropologists, along with many other disciplines. Currently, the most wide held belief is that language has evolutionary origins (Pinker, 1997). However, this has not been proven definitively.
  
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From the [[creation]] of [[Adam and Eve]] until 1056 years later in 2948 BC all [[humans]] spoke the same language that was put into their mouths by [[God]]. In 2948 BC humans built the [[Tower of Babel]] but God did not approve of this<ref>http://creationwiki.org/Tower_of_Babel</ref> so he decided to "confound their speech" and "scattered them upon the face of the Earth, and confused their languages"(Genesis 11:5-8). That was the begining of the languages we know today.
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Language differs from call signs used by primates and other animals in that language can be used without prompting or a stimulus and is necessary for higher thinking. Call signs are regarded merely as forms of communication rather than abstract symbol use.
  
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Nineteenth-century linguists recognized that languages had evolved slowly, one by one, from a single languages spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. Today, linguists categorize languages into distinct "families" of recent origin,<ref>http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004667.html#more Language Log.]</ref> corresponding to the languages which came about after the destruction of the Tower of Babel.
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Although linguists have been able to allocate most languages to a small number of language "families", they have been unable to find a common origin of these language families. A few of the largest and oldest families include: [[Indo-European]], Afro-Asiatic and Niger-Congo families (Campbell, 98).
  
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[[Atheism|Atheistic]] secular science rejects the Biblical truth and generally believes that language has [[evolution]]ary origins.<ref>John McWhorter. The Power of Babel.</ref><ref>Steven Pinker. The Language Instinct.</ref><ref>Ronald Wardaugh. Investigating Language: Central Problems in Linguistics.</ref><ref>Frederick J. Newmeyer. Linguistic Theory in America.</ref> The evolutionary worldview gaining prominence in the field of linguistics since the 1950s. If this hypothesis is correct, from the evolutionary perspective, then the original language (or languages) may have been spoken about 150,000 years ago, which of course is impossible since creation occurred about 6000 years ago.
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===Creationist view===
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''Main article:[[Tower of Babel]]''<br/>
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Since the end of the [[Great Flood]] all humans spoke the same language. The survivors started to build a Tower, called [[Tower of Babel]]. [[God]] thought that the people would become high-spirited and stopped the construction, by creating several languages. The tower was not completed and the people travelled through the world, where they spread their languages.<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011&version=NIV</ref>
  
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Evolutionary linguists also allocate most languages to a small number of language "families", and some even propose a common origin in Proto-Nostratic although this remains disputed. A few of the largest and oldest language families include: [[Indo-European]], Afro-Asiatic and Nigar Congo families (Campbell, 98).
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==Languages of the World, Past and Present==
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* [[Abkhaz]]
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==Examples of Languages==
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* [[Afrikaans]]
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* [[Ainu]]
 
* [[Akkadian]]
 
* [[Akkadian]]
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* [[Albanian]]  
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* [[Albanian]]
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* American [[sign language]]
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* American [[sign language]] (ASL), an American-originated system of gesture-based communication for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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* [[Arabic]]
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* [[Amharic]]
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* [[Arabic]], a major language throughout the [[Middle East]]
 
* [[Aramaic]]
 
* [[Aramaic]]
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* [[Armenian]], the primary language of [[Armenia]]
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* [[Atayal]]
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* [[Avar]]
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* [[Aymara]]
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* [[Aztec]], the historic language of the [[Aztec]] peoples in [[Mesoamerica]]
 
* [[Babylonian]]
 
* [[Babylonian]]
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* [[Bulgarian]]  
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* [[Balinese]]
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* [[Cantonese]]
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* [[Bangla]], the primary language of [[Bangladesh]]
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* [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
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* [[Basque]], the historic language of the Basques, who lived in the Pyrenees mountains bordering [[Spain]] and [[France]]
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* [[English language|English]]
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* [[Belarusian]], the primary language of [[Belarus]]
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* [[Belgian]], the primary language of Belgium
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* [[Bomok]]
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* [[Bosnian]], the primary language of [[Bosnia]]
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* [[Bulgarian]], the primary language of [[Bulgaria]]
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* [[Burmese]], the primary language of [[Burma]]
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* [[Cantonese]], one of two primary languages of [[China]]
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* [[Carib]], a Native American language in the [[Caribbean]]
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* [[Catalan]]
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* [[Cebuano]], a major language of the Philippine Islands
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* [[Cherokee]], a Native American language
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* [[Chumash]], a Native American language
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* [[Coptic]], a historic language of Egypt
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* [[Corsican]], a regional language in [[France]] and [[Italy]]
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* [[Cree]], a Native American language
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* [[Crimean Tatar]]
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* [[Croatian]], the primary language of [[Croatia]]
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* [[Czech]], the primary language of the [[Czech Republic]]
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* [[Danish]], the primary language of [[Denmark]]
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* [[Dari]]
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* [[Dutch language|Dutch]], the primary language of the [[Netherlands]]
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* [[Ebonics]], aka African American Vernacular English (AAVE), a regional dialect of American English originating in [[African American]] communities
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* [[Elvish]], a fictional language from fantasy novelist [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''The Hobbit'' and the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy
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* [[English language| English]], the primary language of the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], the Falkland Islands, and elsewhere; also a major language in [[India]], [[Jamaica]], the Philippine Islands, and elsewhere
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* [[Esperanto]], a constructed language combining Romance and Germanic vocabulary with Slavic grammar
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* [[Estonian]], the primary language of [[Estonia]]
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* [[Filipino (Language) | Filipino]] (aka Tagalog), a major language of the Philippine Islands
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* [[Finnish]], the primary language of [[Finland]]
 
* [[Flemish language|Flemish]]
 
* [[Flemish language|Flemish]]
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* [[French language|French]]
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* [[French language|French]], the primary language of [[France]]; also a major language in [[Canada]] and various former French colonies in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]
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* [[German language|German]]
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* [[Galician]]
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* [[Greek language|Greek]]
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* [[Georgian]], the primary language of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
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* [[Hebrew]]
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* [[German language|German]], the primary language of [[Germany]]; regional variants are spoken in neighboring countries like [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]
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* [[Japanese]]
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* [[Greek language|Greek]], the primary language of [[Greece]]
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* [[Korean]]
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* [[Gujarati]]
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* [[Latin]]
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* [[Haitian Creole]]
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* [[Mandarin Chinese]]
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* [[Hausa]]
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* [[Mexican Spanish]]
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* [[Hawaiian]], the historic language of Native Hawaiians
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* [[Portuguese]]
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* [[Hebrew]], the historic language of the [[Judaism|Jewish]] people, spoken widely today in [[Israel]] and elsewhere
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* [[Russian]]
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* [[Hindi]], a major language in [[India]]
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* [[Sanskrit]]
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* [[Hiri Motu]]
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* [[Spanish]]
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* [[Hmong]]
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* [[Hungarian]], the primary language of [[Hungary]]
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* [[Icelandic]], the primary language of [[Iceland]]
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* [[Igbo]]
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* [[Indonesian]], the primary language of [[Indonesia]]
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* [[Inupiat]]
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* Irish [[Gaelic]], the historic language of [[Ireland]]
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* [[Italian]], the primary language of [[Italy]]
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* [[Japanese]], the primary language of [[Japan]]
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* [[Javanese]]
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* [[Kabardian]]
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* [[Kannada]]
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* [[Kazakh]], the primary language of [[Kazakhstan]]
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* [[Klingon]], a fictional language of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' media franchise
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* [[Korean]], the primary langage of [[Korea]]
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* [[Kurdish]]
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* [[Lardil]]
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* [[Latin]], the historic language of the [[Rome|Romans]]
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* [[Latvian]], the primary language of [[Latvia]]
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* [[Laz]]
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* [[Lezgin]]
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* [[Lithuanian]], the primary language of [[Lithuania]]
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* [[Luxembourgish]], the primary language of [[Luxembourg]]
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* [[Macedonian]], the primary language of [[Macedonia]]
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* [[Malagasy]]
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* [[Malay]], the primary language of [[Malaysia]]
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* [[Malayalam]]
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* [[Mandarin Chinese]], one of two primary languages of [[China]]
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* [[Maori]], a historic language of the indigenous peoples of [[New Zealand]]
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* [[Marathi]]
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* [[Mexican Spanish]], a regional dialect of Spanish spoken in [[Mexico]]
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* [[Miccosukkee]], a Native American language
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* [[Mingrelian]]
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* [[Mohawk]], a Native American language
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* [[Mongolian]], the primary language of [[Mongolia]]
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* [[Nahuatl]]
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* [[Navajo]], a Native American language
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* [[Navarrese]]
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* [[Nepali]], the primary language of [[Nepal]]
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* [[Norwegian]], the primary language of [[Norway]]
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* [[Nyanja]]
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* [[Okinawan]], the historic language of [[Okinawa]], the southernmost prefecture of [[Japan]]
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* [[Pashto]]
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* [[Persian]], the primary language of [[Iran]]
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* [[Polish]], the primary language of [[Poland]]
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* [[Portuguese]], the primary language of [[Portugal]]
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* [[Punjabi]], a major language in [[India]]
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* [[Quechua]]
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* [[Romanian]], the primary language of [[Romania]]
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* [[Romansh]]
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* [[Russian language|Russian]], the primary language of [[Russia]]
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* [[Samoan]], the primary language of [[Samoa]]
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* [[Sanskrit]], a historic language of [[India]]
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* Scottish [[Gaelic]], the historic language of [[Scotland]]
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* [[Serbian]], the primary language of [[Serbia]]
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* [[Shona]]
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* [[Shindhi]]
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* [[Sicilian]], a regional variant of Italian and the primary language [[Sicily]]
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* [[Sinhala]]
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* [[Slovak]], the primary language of [[Slovakia]]
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* [[Slovenian]], the primary language of [[Slovenia]]
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* [[Somali]], the primary language of [[Somalia]]
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* [[Southern Sotho]]
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* [[Spanish]], the primary language of [[Spain]] and a prominent language throughout Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
 
* [[Sumerian]]
 
* [[Sumerian]]
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* [[Turkish]]
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* [[Svan]]
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* [[Swahili]], a major language throughout eastern and southeastern [[Africa]]
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* [[Swedish]], the primary language of [[Sweden]]
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* [[Tahitian]], the primary language of [[Tahiti]]
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* [[Tajik]]
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* [[Tamil]]
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* [[Telugu]]
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* [[Thai]], the primary language of [[Thailand]]
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* [[Timucua]]
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* [[Tok Pisin]]
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* [[Tongan]], the primary language of [[Tonga]]
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* [[Turkish]], the primary language of [[Turkey]]
 
* [[Ugaritic]]
 
* [[Ugaritic]]
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* [[Ukrainian]]
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* [[Ukrainian]], the primary language of [[Ukraine]]
 
* [[Urdu]]
 
* [[Urdu]]
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* [[Yiddish]]
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* [[Uzbek]], the primary language of [[Uzbekistan]]
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* [[Vietnamese]], the primary language of [[Vietnam]]
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* [[Welsh]], the historic language of [[Wales]]
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* [[Western Frisian]]
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* [[Yiddish]], the historic language of the Ashkenazi Jews
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* [[Yolgnu]], a historic language of the indigenous peoples of [[Australia]]
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* [[Yoruba]]
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* [[Yucatec Mayan]], the historic language of the [[Mayan]] peoples in [[Mesoamerica]]
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* [[Zulu]]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[:Category:Languages]] for language families and languages
 
* [[:Category:Languages]] for language families and languages
 
* [[Information]]
 
* [[Information]]
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* [[Transmigration of Words in Religion: an essay]]
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* [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]]
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* [[Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary‎]]
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* [[Downgraded Conservative Terms]]
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* [[Essay:New Liberal Terms]]
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* [[Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms]]
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* [[Linguistic Analysis of Candidates]]
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* [[Conservative Bible Project]]
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* [[Essay:Conservapedia's Law]]
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* [[Secularized Language‎]]
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* [[Terms Difficult to Classify]]
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* Language: [[Etymology]], [[Vocabulary]]
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==References==
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{{reflist|2}}
  
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Revision as of 18:15, April 9, 2019

A language is a collection of symbols (called vocabulary or lexicon) and rules for connecting these symbols (called grammar) that facilitates communication.

Origin

The origin of language has been debated for long time among linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, theologians, anthropologists, along with many other disciplines. Currently, the most wide held belief is that language has evolutionary origins (Pinker, 1997). However, this has not been proven definitively.

Language differs from call signs used by primates and other animals in that language can be used without prompting or a stimulus and is necessary for higher thinking. Call signs are regarded merely as forms of communication rather than abstract symbol use.

Although linguists have been able to allocate most languages to a small number of language "families", they have been unable to find a common origin of these language families. A few of the largest and oldest families include: Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic and Niger-Congo families (Campbell, 98).

Creationist view

Main article:Tower of Babel
Since the end of the Great Flood all humans spoke the same language. The survivors started to build a Tower, called Tower of Babel. God thought that the people would become high-spirited and stopped the construction, by creating several languages. The tower was not completed and the people travelled through the world, where they spread their languages.[1]

Languages of the World, Past and Present

See also


References

  1. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011&version=NIV
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