Sumerian and Cuneiform may have come first – by about 300 years – but if there’s an ancient language and writing system everyone has heard of, it’s Egyptian and Hieroglyphs. In fact, one could call Egyptian “the other first language.”… Read More
If Sumerian was the language of the first civilizations and Akkadian of the first empire, then Aramaic can best be described as the first worldwide language. It may not get quite the same amount of attention as Greek or Latin… Read More
The first fully developed writing system appeared in history along with the oldest known spoken language – but it lasted much longer. The earliest known language is Sumerian, and the wedge-like characters the Sumerian people scratched onto clay tablets were… Read More
What was the first language? The answer to that question is difficult at best and perhaps impossible at worst. But historians have some good guesses. We simply can’t know or really describe any spoken language before writing started – no… Read More
Welcome to LNGenZ’s round up of the week’s top news stories. Six Endangered Red Wolf Pups Born in Wildlife Refuge Will this litter of pups kickstart the recovery of this species? The red wolf (Canis rufus) is an endangered species,… Read More
When you think about the world around you, what is more important – facts or feelings? Do you listen more to your emotions or the logical part of your brain? Take a look at the following list of words. Which… Read More
“Because of language, man has access to the past and the future. He can express the true and the untrue. Language helps him understand both what is and what could be.” – Wesley Douglass Camp Language is a key part… Read More
