Evolution of Languages


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Evolution of Languages

EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGES Introductio Over thousands of years, hnumans have developed a wide variety of systems to assign specific meaning to sounds, forming words and systems of grammar to create languages. Many languages developed written forms using symbols to visually record their meaning. Source: www.nationalgeographic.org Distribution of The distribution of languages has changed substantially over timle.a Majonr reggionalu langauagegs likee Elamsite, Sogdian, Koine Greek, or Nahuatl in ancient, post-classical and early modern times have been overtaken by others due to changing balance of power, conflict and migration. Source: www.nationalgeographic.org Relative status of The relaltivae stantus ogf languages has also changed, as with the decline in prominencue of aFrencgh aned Gesrman relative to English in the late 20th century. Source: www.nationalgeographic.org PRE-HISTORY Paleolithic (200,000–20,000 The relative status of lanBguagPes )has also changed, as with the decline in prominence of French and German relative to English in the late 20th century. Source: Wikipedia Mesolithic (20,000–8,000 BP) Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, researchers attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Afroasiatic language, suggesting it likely arose between 18,000 and 12,000 years ago in the Levant, suggesting that it may have descended from the Natufian culture and migrated into Africa before diverging into different languages. Source: Wikipedia Neolithic (12,000– 6500 BP) Population genetics research in the 2000s suggests that the very earliest predecessors of the Dravidian languages may have been spoken in south-west Iran between 15,000 and 10,000 years ago before spreading to India much later. Source: Wikipedia Ancient history (3000 BCE–500 Beginning in the LevanCt arEoun)d the 11th century BC, Phoenicia became an early trading state and colonizing power, spreading its language to what is now Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco as well as southern Spain, the Balearic Islands, coastal areas of Sardinia and Corsica as well as the island of Cyprus. Source: Wikipedia Post Classical Period (500 CE– During Roman ru1le i5n N0orth0 Afr icCa, LaEtin )made inroads as a language, surviving in some forms as African Romance until the 14th century, even persisting during the first few centuries of Arab-Muslim rule. Together with Berber languages, it was eventually suppressed in favor of Arabic. Source: Wikipedia Early modern period Although writings existed in many of Europe's languages in the post-classical period, the invention of the printing press which helped to launch the Protestant Reformation quickly expanded the written form of European languages. Source: Wikipedia 19th century During the 1800s, the Great Divergence which began in the between the 16th and 18th centuries accelerated. Although the Americas became independent between the American Revolution in the 1770s and the end of South American Wars of Independence in the 1820s, the newly independent nations retained their colonial languages including English, Spanish and Portuguese. Source: Wikipedia Future of language The future of language has been a popular topic of speculation by novelists, futurists, journalists and linguists since the 19th century. American linguist and author John McWhorter projects that by the early 2100s only 600 to 700 languages will be in widespread daily use, with English remaining as the dominant world language. Source: Wikipedia