ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE







 ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE:

No one knows exactly when or how human beings come up with spoken language.One hypothesis is that language began between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago with the advent of modern man, i-e homo sapiens.This is well before the invention of the written language , about 5,000 years ago. We have direct evidence and artifacts about writing. Origin of language is a natural sound and interaction with one another.

Everything has a starting point. Language has a beginning, just like stories, people, and perhaps even time do.Where and when did human language begin to develop, though? When it comes to the history of language, what is the tale?This has long been a contentious subject of discussion among scholars since it is both highly fascinating to consider and much more fascinating to learn about its roots. Travel through time with us as our Day Translations blog explores the origins of The development of language and human communication. 

THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN LANGUAGE EVOLUTION:

Nobody really understands how spoken and written languages started or how they came to be. The genesis of language remains a mystery. There have been many rumors and ideas over the years that attempt to explain the origins and development of the language. They have been contested, though, and only make up a small percentage of what is now known about human language.  Let's examine a couple of these fundamental hypotheses and how they advance our understanding of early human communication and language.

BOW-WOW THEORY ON HOW HUMAN LANGUAGE EVOLVED :                                          According to the Bow-wow theory, language developed when our ancestors started mimicking the sounds they heard in the natural world.In particular, animal sounds were top of the list to imitate.When speech first emerged, it had a strong onomatopoeic quality, using words like "moo," "meow," "splash," "cuckoo," and "boom."The hypothesis holds that sound symbolism has had a significant role in the emergence of human language.Unfortunately, this theory only partially holds true since it is quite challenging to mimic the sound of an inanimate thing.Furthermore, not all onomatopoeic words are derived from natural sounds; rather, many of them are more recent.

TA-TA THEORY:                        

The Ta-ta theory's central tenet is that tongue and lip motions mimicked bodily movements to generate spoken language.For instance, saying ta-ta is the same as waving goodbye with your tongue. The majority of our real-life interactions, though, don't often entail any noticeable body gestures.In reality, significantly fewer motions than claimed by this idea may be mimicked by the tongue and mouth.

YO-HE-HO THEORY: 

According to the Yo-he-ho idea, grunts, snorts, groans, and chants produced by humans during hard physical labor gave rise to human language.This theory's central tenet asserts that human cooperation led to the development of language.This is exemplified through the marching chants and working songs that were made up as people toiled on a daily basis. The Yo-he-ho theory is quite effective at explaining the rhythmic features of human language. However, the origin of words is in no way explained by this theory which leaves it lacking in this regard.

                                                                                            

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