I am aware of the fact that humans did understand each other a little bit before the invention of language, but how did they explain complex words? Was the creation of languages like a buildup of words so they start with very simple words and gradually build up so that the rest of the tribe or country or whatever would understand the meaning of the new word easier? Or was it like one big language created at once and everyone just kind of figured out the meaning of the words over time?
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Just a thought but it might help to consider how we learn language even today. Young children, who actually grasp new languages faster than adults, don’t really learn a new language by having someone explain each word to them. They grasp context from refular use and often associate outcomes with sounds.
If a particular sound, over time was a popular enough representation for something consequential, it stuck. A bit like a new meme just becomes a part of conventional expression without someone actually having to explain its syntax and usage before it gets adopted.
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