Language is a system ###### people use to communicate, ###### share information. Language includes ###### and writing. It also ###### making gestures or body ######.

Early human ancestors started ###### spoken language several million ###### ago. Humans began writing ###### 5,000 years ago. Language ###### very important in the ###### of humans. It made ###### possible for human societies ###### develop. Once people could ######, they could live in ###### and tell each other ######.

Humans are born with ###### ability to understand language.]]> Movement And Gestures As Well As Words

The most basic ###### of language is a ######. Sounds can be combined ###### words. Words can be ###### into sentences, and sentences ###### paragraphs.

Every language has ###### types of words. The ###### basic types of words ###### nouns and verbs. Nouns ###### people, places, things and ######.]]>
Every ###### has its own rules ###### grammar. These rules control ###### order of words in ###### sentence. The order of ###### words gives the sentence ######.

Not all languages are ######. Sign language is one ######. In sign language, hand ###### stand for letters, words ###### sentences. Sign language is ###### by people who are ######, or who cannot hear. ###### many people who use ###### language also communicate through ######.]]>
There ###### thousands of languages all ###### the world. Some are ###### by millions of people. ###### Chinese, English and Spanish ###### the most widely spoken ###### in the world.

Most ###### have a standard language. ###### is so that most ###### can understand each other. ###### countries have more than ###### standard language. For example, ###### has two standard languages: ###### and French.

Many languages ###### related, and some can ###### grouped together. English, German ###### Swedish belong to the ###### group of languages.]]>
English Borrows Words From Italy, Japan And Other Places

Sometimes, ###### need to communicate with ###### who do not know ###### language. The Europeans who ###### to the Americas hundreds ###### years ago are one ######. They needed a way ###### speak with Native Americans. ###### they spoke using a ###### mixture of their languages. ###### mixtures are called pidgin ######. Sometimes, a pidgin language ###### the original language of ###### group.]]>
People who ###### the same language can ###### develop different ways of ######. People in different parts ###### a country may pronounce ###### differently or use local ######. These varieties of the ###### language are called dialects. ###### the United States, people ###### many different dialects.

Languages ###### blur together. Countries have ######, but languages and dialects ###### not. One language may ###### words from another language. ###### English speakers use such ###### as "pajamas" (from Hindi), "######" (from Italian), "karate" (from ######) and "fiesta" (from Spanish).

###### grow and change as ###### use them.]]> ]]>