thelanguageblog

Language is the set of conventions that a society uses to communicate with each other. It may be spoken, written, or phonetically or abided by on a daily basis. A language is a highly organized system of verbal communication used by people consisting of spoken words and actions. Most languages contain a visual or a graphical representation encoded in symbols, usually alphabets, which are used to spell out the meaning or sound of the message and its intended meaning. The significance of language can be determined by the number of languages that are spoken or the number of words used in a language. A language has been in existence for as long as people have been communicating. Archaeological evidence indicates that some forms of spoken language appeared around 6000 BCE in ancient Egypt. Evidence of spoken language in China, India, Tibet, and the Andes Mountains dates back to about 5000 BCE. The earliest traces of writing appear in the form of stone seals from around 1500 BCE....