Language is a system ###### people use to communicate, ###### share information. Language includes ######, writing and making gestures, ###### body movements. Early human ###### initiated the use of ###### language several million years ######, and humans began writing ###### 5,000 years ago. Language ###### it possible for human ###### to develop.

Humans are ###### with the ability to ###### language. Without any formal ######, children learn to speak ###### listening to other people's ######. Other forms of language, ###### as writing and sign ######, must be taught. Building Blocks Of Language

The ###### basic part of language ###### a sound. Sounds are ###### foundation of language.]]>
Every language has several ###### of words, the most ###### of which are nouns ###### verbs. Nouns represent people, ######, things, and ideas, and ###### describe action.

Every language ###### its own rules of ###### as well. These rules ###### the order of words ###### a sentence, which is ###### gives the sentence meaning.

###### all languages are spoken, ###### course. In sign language, ###### movements represent letters, words ###### sentences. Many people who ###### spoken language also communicate ###### gestures. For example, in ###### countries, nodding the head ###### and down means "yes."]]>
Most countries have a ###### language so that citizens ###### understand each other. Some ###### have more than one ###### language. Canada, for example, ###### two standard languages: English ###### French.

Many languages are ######. People who study languages ###### related languages together. English, ###### and Swedish belong to ###### Germanic group, while French, ###### and Italian are called ###### languages. The Slavic language ###### of eastern Europe includes ###### and Polish. Chinese belongs ###### the Sino-Tibetan language family ###### Asia.]]>
How Language Changes

At times people need ###### speak with others who ###### not know their language. ###### example, Europeans who came ###### the Americas hundreds of ###### ago needed a way ###### speak with Native Americans. ###### spoke using a simplified ###### of their languages. These ###### are called pidgin languages. ###### a pidgin language replaces ###### original language of the ######, it is called a ###### language.

Even people who ###### the same language may ###### different ways of speaking. ###### in different parts of ###### country may pronounce words ###### or use local expressions. ###### varieties of the same ###### are called dialects.

Languages ###### blur together.]]>
Languages grow ###### change as people use ######. People create new words ###### the time, and they ###### shorten existing words, too. ###### example, "cellular phone" was ###### to "cell phone."]]>