The degeneration of human language?

[hodzha]

It has turned out that the idea of development of human language from primitive beginnings to a more sophisticated state is not upheld by the evidence. The languages of so-called aboriginal natives are not the least bit primitive. They are highly complex, in most cases much more complicated than our European languages.

Research into aboriginal languages has made it clear that there is no connection between the cultural level of a society and the structure of its language. This means a tribal society can live under the simplest conditions imaginable and still use an extremely complex language.

The complex structures of Old Sumerian, Old Akkadian and Old Egyptian contrast impressively with the (in some cases) comparatively very simple morphological structures of the modern languages spoken in Europe today. Whereas Akkadian, for instance, had thousands of synthetic verbal forms, modern German has a comparatively small inventory of forms (1). The term "synthetic verbal forms" designates linguistic forms comprising a single word and requiring no further helping verbs (e.g. have, be, want to, may) to complete or complement their meaning.

как быть? что делать? кто виноват?   

[Karakurt]

thousands

гм.