Origin of Language Theories

[BillT]

Interesting article on how languages might have evolved:

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/08/spoken-language-could-tap-universal-code?utm_campaign=email-news-weekly&utm_src=email

[BillT]

Don't forget "Huh?" was identified as a universal word last year:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/everybody-almost-every-language-says-huh-huh-180949822/?no-ist

[Mugwump]

Huh?....

[BillT]

Huh?....

A universal word (linguistically speaking; understood in all languages) meaning "what (did you say)?"

[Mugwump]

Huh?....

A universal word (linguistically speaking; understood in all languages) meaning "what (did you say)?"

LOL......

[BillT]

You should be able to do the following:
? walk up to anyone speaking in any foreign language
? after they say some thing to you, say ""
? they should (assuming they are wanting to communicate with you) either repeat of restate what they before

[Mugwump]

You should be able to do the following:
? walk up to anyone speaking in any foreign language
? after they say some thing to you, say ""
? they should (assuming they are wanting to communicate with you) either repeat of restate what they before

Almost like a universal WTF, ?.....

[BillT]

LOL!