The Origin of Language and Writing

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The Origin of Language and Writing

• By Gabbi, Lauren, and Ethan

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Origin of the English Language

• Anglo Saxons
• 1/3 of our language
• Shakespeare

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Tower of Babel

• People build Tower
• People were Confused
• People went different places

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Current Language

• Continues to change
• Most widely spoken
• Cockney is a dialect of English

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Rosetta Stone

• Had 3 different languages on it
• Hieroglyphs
• Demotic
• Greek

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Origin of Writing Hieroglyphs

• Priests
• Ancient Magicians helped make it
• Ancient Egyptians thought magic could help read
  them

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Current Writing

• Current writing consists of 26 letters, A B C D E
  F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
• Sequoia helped make up part of our language by
  making up his own language similar to ours

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Bibliography

• English Language. World Book Encyclopedia.
  1999 ed.
• Anglo-Saxons. World Book Encyclopedia. 1999
  ed.
• Cockney. World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.

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The End