Why do people in different countries speak different languages?
- Written by Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
There are many ideas about why languages evolve – and all of them are likely to contain an element of truth.Shutterstock
Why do different countries have different languages? – Maeôra, aged 6
Humans have long been puzzled by the existence of different languages. A long time ago, people took guesses or made up stories to explain...
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