A long long time ago, humans went from grunts to some kind of primitive language then to an advance language.
How did a region possibly learn and agree that the sound “tree” for example meant that big thing over there?
Maybe my family would agree and say, but then our neighbours or tribe some 20km away?
Then for every word, tenses, grammar?!
I imagine it took a long time but I can’t even comprehend how you would transition from grunts to even a basic common language for a larger region like ancient China, Egypt, or aztecs.
They obviously did accomplish it, but how?
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If it’s something that really interests you, I listen to the History of English Podcast. It’s about the English language itself. The creator started the series in 2012 and is still ongoing. Easily found on every platform
Starts the story at around 6000BC and he focuses on entomology, linguistics, how it spread across Europe and European history to explain why we have the language structure we do.
It’s super interesting, and has answered many questions I’ve had about the English language. It should answer it for you as well!
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