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Who decided to have us all speak several different languages throughout the world?

I mean, wouldn't it be easier if we all spoke one language? So who really decided "I have it, let's make up 99999 different ways to talk!". Japanese, Chinese, English, Italian, Spanish..The list of languages goes on and on. So again, wouldn't it be easier if we all spoke one single language?

Public Comments

1. The Bible speaks of this. God did this.
2. Who decided? You're joking, right?
3. read the bibel the part about the tower of babel
4. this is how God created us.
5. At one time the most widely spoken language was Roman (Ok.. Chinese, but we're not in Asia). Once Rome fell, lots of little idiosyncrasies in language developed when ultimately, they became separate languages. Lets just look at at the US. My sister and Dad were in S. Alabama and they couldn't understand a single word the waitress said. She was likely speaking English but the drawl and particular words she used were simply not something you find country-wide or even allover Alabama. This gal was only in her late 20s, so it wasn't like some old-timer. But even worse (and this IS WORSE). At one time, I could actually write without mispelling anything and now I have to rely on spell checking to do so. That is within ONE lifetime! SO, I say, enjoy the differences and don't mind me speling.
6. ever heard of The Tower of Babylon ? (guess that's Babel, no wonder there was a question)
7. god, the tower of bable
8. Many languages have a common ancestor, called a proto-language. English, German, Hindi, Spanish, Persian/Farsi, etc. are all related to each other because they all descend from the same (hypothetical) language: Proto-Indo-European. All of these languages diverged by virtually entirely regular sound changes. For example "mesa" is the Spanish word for "table" because it came from the earlier Latin word "mensa." The Spanish word has no 'n' in it because of a sound change in which 'n' deleted in the majority of words before an 's.' Other linguistic change is also possible; many changes in languages have arisen as a result of contact between two or more languages. In short, no one decided for people to speak all of those ~6000 languages. Change is inevitable.
9. Nobody "decided" that we should all speak different languages. Languages change over time-- what originally was only a handful of languages became thousands of languages. I don't believe that there was a single ancestor language for all current languages, since it's possible that language developed in more than one area in the beginning. However, you may have noticed how quickly languages can change. Look at how different American English and British English is now. If you look at Old English texts, you won't even be able to recognize the text as English at all-- it seems completely foreign. As far as everyone speaking a common language, it may make some things easier, but language is deeply entrenched in culture, so getting rid of languages is, in effect, getting rid of cultures. Language reflects how its speakers see the world, and some things are very different from one language to the next. So it wouldn't even make sense to develop a single language for all to speak at this point in time.
10. easier for whom? Without language and its associated nuances like hand gestures, facial expressions and body language common with various cultures around the world what would humanity be???.........boring and wit out any Soul!