The Origin of Languages

Is there a single source that all spoken languages on earth share in common? Maybe. A new study in linguistics by Dr. Quentin D. Atkinson, a biologist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand shows that languages may have originated from a common “seed.” The study seems to correspond with what biologists have proven about genetic code: that the further from South Africa people traveled while populating the world the more of their genetic code and, possibly, their language people lost. It’s an interesting theory. One that, if it bears out in further tests, will change the way we see linguistics forever. Read the full article at the New York Times.