"modern diversity may represent only a small share of humanity’s linguistic capabilities" #linguistics #philosophy #langsky www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
Three Millennia Ago, Humans May Have Spoken Thousands More Languages Than We Have Today, During a Linguistic 'Golden Age'A new study suggests linguistic diversity reached its peak between 1000 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E. before decliningwww.smithsonianmag.com