Linguistic derived from the Latin "lingua" meaning language, the French language "langage-

langue", Italian "lingua", Spanish "lengua" and English "language". While the suffix "ics" in
linguistics serves to indicate the name of a science. Many linguistic experts define, among others:
> Jurji Zaidan, defines linguistics as a science that investigates the language of the written and
non-written. > Saiful Mu'minin, Imam, define Linguistics as a science that discusses the language
of the various sides. > King T. Nasr (1984) Linguistics deals with human language as universal
and recognizable part of human behavior and human capabilities. > BLOOMFIELD (1933: 20-
34), Linguistics is a science (science), as well as physics and chemistry is a science. >
MATTHEWS, Linguistics is defined as the science of language or the scientific study of language
Of the various definitions of the experts above, it can be concluded that the Linguistic is a basis
for the scientific study of human language from various aspects, including sounds, words and
grammar rules bahasannya, or can be defined as the study of language, and make the language
as an object of study. What is language? Language is a tool to convey information, ideas, concepts
or feeling that comes to the heart, in the sense of the word as a means of conveying something.
There are various definitions of language according to the experts, including: 1. PLATO, language
is essentially a statement of one's mind by means onomata (name objects or something) and
rhemata (speech), which is a reflection of the idea of someone in the flow of air through the
mouth. 2. Harimurti Kridalaksana, 1993:21, Language is a symbol system sounds an arbitrary
language that allows people to work together, interact, and identify. 3. WILLIAM A. Haviland,
Language is a system of sounds that when combined according to certain rules pose meanings
can be captured by all the people who speak the language 4. Wittgenstein, Language is a form of
thinking that can be understood, in touch with reality, and has the form and structure of logical
5. According Wibowo (2001:3), language is a system of symbols that are meaningful and
articulate sound (generated by said tool) that are arbitrary and conventional, which is used as a
means of communication by a group of men to give birth to feelings and thoughts. In the study of
linguistics, language is defined as a system of spoken or written symbols that human beings as a
means of communication in the form of sound. There is a language called English, Indonesian,
Portuguese, and others. This language is based on relationships formed in the absence of
advance planning, and the subsequent development of named and default, also sometimes
formed. Language is a system, which means the language formed by the various components of
the irregular and fixed. The system language is made up of sound symbols, which symbols
represent a concept or meaning. As a symbol of the language that reads "mango", epitomizes the
meaning of "something that can be used as a meal or a drink." Function of language The main
function of language is as a communication tool, or a means to convey information, thoughts, or
feelings gasasan. Language also serves to: 1. Interaction in daily life 2. Aesthetically satisfying
their people through beautiful words. 3. The tool expands other pengentahuan In fact, even
today the origin of human language is becoming a topic of scholarly discussion of the scientists.
One of the problems that make it difficult topic to study is the lack of concrete evidence. As a
result, scientists who want to study the origins of language must draw conclusions from the
evidence such as the fossil record or from archaeological evidence, from contemporary linguistic
diversity, from the study of language acquisition, and from a comparison between human
language and communication systems that exist among animals others, especially other
primates. There are many language origins several hypotheses are: Hypothesis 'mother tongue'
in the proposed in 2004 by W. Tecumseh Fitch. Fitch stated that language evolved initially as a
communication between the mother and her biological offspring (children). In 1861, the
historian linguist Max Mü ller published a list of speculative theories about the origin of
language: • Bow-wow. Theory bow-wow or a cuckoo, which Muller atribusikan the German
philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder, see the words started as imitations of the cries of wild
animals or birds. • Pooh-pooh. Theory of Pooh-Pooh saw first words as shouts and interjection
triggered by emotional pain, happy, surprised, and others. • Ding-dong. Mü ller suggests what he
calls the theory of Ding-Dong, which states that all creatures have a natural resonant vibrations,
words echoed by humans in some way initially. • Yo-he-ho. Theory yo-he-ho to see the language
emerging from cooperation activities regularly, attempt to synchronize the muscle produces a
sound that 'drew' interchangeably with sound like a ho. • Ta-ta. This theory is not in the list of
Max Mü ller, but raised by Sir Richard Paget in 1930 According to the theory of ta-ta, the first
man to make words by moving the tongue that mimics the movement manually, making it sound
muted. (Source: The results of a study reported diScience Magazine menggungkapkan 15 April
2011, that the language used by the first humans came from South Africa. From this language
then spread throughout the world. Researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand