Language - origin and history

Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics.

Thee word language find its origin in the Latin word 'Lingua' which means 'tongue' which was modified in French word 'langage' and finally into 'language'.

* WORD QUIZ: What member of vox family begins with c and means to ' call together for a meeting '. Comment if you know the answer.

Answer of previous quiz: PERUSE.