Theories of the origin of the language.

Theories of the origin of the language.

1. The Divine Source

   • The language is given to the human being by God or a divine divinity.

2. The Nature Sound Source

   • The first primitive words were made through the imitations of the natural sounds that the human being listened to around him.
     • • Onomatopoeia

3. The Social Interaction Source

   • Language develops in a social context.

4. The Physical adaptation source

   • As the body is evolving, language is also evolving / changing at the same time.

5. The Tool-making source

   • The tool-making involved the ability to take two, let's say rocks, and put them together to create something. The same ability may have been used to put sounds together to create a new tool - language.

6. The Genetic source

   • It is thought that a crucial mutation that took place over a short period caused a genetic change that made it possible for humans to create a language.

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