Language. A mural in Teotihuacan, Mexico (c. 2nd century) depicting a person emitting a speech scroll from his mouth, symbolizing speech Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Languages evolve and diversify over time, and the history of their evolution can be reconstructed by comparing modern languages to determine which traits their ancestral languages must have had in order for the later developmental stages to occur.
A group of languages that descend from a common ancestor is known as a language family. Definitions[edit] As an object of linguistic study, "language" has two primary meanings: an abstract concept, and a specific linguistic system, e.g. Mental faculty, organ or instinct[edit] Formal symbolic system[edit] Tool for communication[edit] The unique status of human language[edit] Origin[edit] Languages Online. Sorry, we could not find the page you requested because: we may have moved or deleted the file you may have mis-typed the web address a link from another site may have been incorrect a search engine listing may be out of date Please try the following: Enter keywords related to the page you’re looking for into the search box Use the navigation to browse for information on your chosen topic Visit our home page to find out more about our site structure to work out where your information is located.
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