HISTORY OF

LANGUAGE

Names: Gustavo Cabello

Pablo Gonzalez

Ivan Maldonado

Grade: 8 C

Teacher: Mayelin Acevedo

INTRODUCTION
All social animals communicate with each other,
from bees and ants to whales and apes, but only
humans have developed a language which is more
than a set of combined signals.

WORDS ON THE BRAIN: FROM 1

MILLION YEARS AGO

Our speech even differ in a physical way from the

communication of other animals. It comes from a cortical
speech center that does not respond instinctively, but
organises sound and meaning on a rational basis.This
section of the brain is unique to humans.

ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE
The origins of humans language will perphaps
remains obscure

There

are about 5000 languages spoken today

LINGUISTIC GROUPS: FROM 3000 BC

Indo-European

population.
They

is spoken by half of the world

descend from the language of a tribe of

nomads.

LANGUAGE AND RACE

Within

The indo-European there is a smaller indoiranian group of language .

LATIN AND GERMAN:FROM THE 5

CENTURY
The

dividing of the romance language

from the Germanic tongues
The

romance family includes : Italian,

French, Spanish, Portuguese and
Romanian
The Germanian group includes:
English, Dutch, Flemish , German,
Danish, Noruegan, Swedish and
Icelandic .

The

linguistic division represents the

influence of the Roman Empire.

NEW LANGUAGES FROM OLD

English

speaking communities in India have

developed local words

CONCLUSION
As a conclusion, the reproduction of Indo-European
languages from one tongue , just 5000 years ago ,
will not be repeated more interconnected world.
However, the tendency of langauge to evolve
continues unchecked.