I think the best model for early language is probably close to modern chimps. Chimps are able to match vocal calls with facial expressions to a fairly high percentage. Communication is less about words and more about emotion in the early stages, which I admit is drifting off topic. The whole idea of the tower of babel and the splitting of language is fairly laughable. Any 'Biblical scholars' care to give us a time frame when this event took place? If god 'confused' the languages of man, to divide them, (why is he so scared of us?) then why are there clear linear progressions from one language to another with predictable results, based on geography, with exceptions like the Basque language. Why are there examples of a number of different languages prior to 4400 BCE (THE FLUD)?
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