Language is a system ###### people use to communicate, ###### share information. Language includes ######, writing and making gestures, ###### body movements. Early human ###### began using spoken language ###### million years ago. Humans ###### writing about 5,000 years ######. Language made it possible ###### human societies to develop.

###### are born with the ###### to understand language. Without ###### formal training, children learn ###### speak by listening to ###### people's speech. Other forms ###### language, such as writing ###### sign language, must be ######. C0mmunicating Through Words And Gestures

The most basic part ###### language is a sound.]]>
Every language has several ###### of words, but the ###### basic types of words ###### nouns and verbs. Nouns ###### people, places, things and ######, while verbs describe action.

###### language has its own ###### of grammar as well. ###### rules control the order ###### words in a sentence. ###### order of the words ###### what gives the sentence ######.

Not all languages are ######. For example, in sign ######, hand movements stand for ######, words and sentences. Sign ###### is used by people ###### are deaf, or who ###### hear.]]>
There ###### thousands of languages throughout ###### world. Some are spoken ###### millions of people. Mandarin ######, English and Spanish are ###### most widely spoken languages ###### the world.

Most countries ###### a standard, language so ###### citizens can understand each ######. Some countries have more ###### one standard language. Canada, ###### example, has two standard ######: English and French.

Many ###### are related, and some ###### can be grouped into ######. English, German and Swedish ###### to the Germanic group, ###### French, Spanish and Italian ###### called Romance languages.]]>
Varieties Of The Same Language

Sometimes people need to ###### with others who do ###### know their language. For ######, Europeans who came to ###### Americas hundreds of years ###### needed a way to ###### with Native Americans. They ###### using a simplified mixture ###### their languages. These mixtures ###### called pidgin languages. When ###### pidgin language replaces the ###### language of the group, ###### is called a creole ######.

Even people who share ###### same language may develop ###### ways of speaking. People ###### different parts of a ###### may pronounce words differently ###### use local expressions.]]>
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, too. People ###### new words all the ######. Sometimes they do this ###### by shortening existing words. ###### example, "cellular phone" was ###### to "cell phone."]]>