One might ask whether there are similarities and differences between the languages of people in this part of the world and other parts of the world? how language was created, Why so many languages with various types of characters, literature and dialects. It was told a story where there was a lost child who got lost on the train and couldn't go home for years. Where the problem is because no one understands the child's language.
Linguists say that there are 6,500 languages worldwide and about 2,600 remaining active from extinction. February 21 is UNESCO's International Mother Language Day.
An Englishman said Mother: Mommy, an Indian said: Man, an African Sesotho said: Mme, a Japanese said: haha, a Chinese said: Mama, a Russian said: Mama, a Thai said: mme, an Arab said: Ummi.
A Russian said Uncle: dyadya, the Portuguese said: Tio, the Thai said: lung, the English said: uncle, the Dutch said: Om, the Arabs said: am, the Indians said: Caca, the Japanese said: ojisan.
A Chinese say grandfather: chufu, English say: Grandpa, Japanese say: sofu, Koreans say: halaboji, Arabs say :jadda, Russians say: jedd, Indians say :dada, African swahili say: babu, Dutch people say: Oppa, Thai people say: puh, Portuguese say: avo.
The first language that existed and was recorded in history was Sumerian and the first written script was the ancient Mesopotamian Sumerian Pictograph in 4000 BC.
, Then after the Egyptian hieroglyphic script 3000 BC, then the Sanskrit Brahmy script 1500 BC, then Greek 1500 BC, then Chinese 1000 BC and Latin 710 BC which we use today.
In Morphology, it is known that many languages use articles for example de, le, de which have very identical morpheme arrangements.
The French say: “je suis alle dans le bus ce matin” which means I went on the bus this morning.
The Japanese said: “Kesa Basuni norimashita,
Americans said: “I went on the bus this morning”,
The Dutch said: "ik ging Van morgen met de bus",
Germans say Ich bin heute morgen in den bus gestingen'',
Arabs say "dzahabat fi alhafilat hadza ash shobah".
Before English, the international language was Latin, where in Europe people generally used Latin as their universal language, so that in the world we will be plural with Latin as in the language of Science, Biology, Science and others. After the Renaissance came the movement of exploring the other hemisphere from the west. Where previously the world only revolved around the Silk Road , then the journey of language continues to this day .
Its development in the modern world we know international languages. The United Nations has established 6 international languages, namely English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, and Mandarin. Which of these languages are so popular and plural and we can easily find them in the virtual world of the internet today.
In English itself, where there are accents that vary from American accent, British accent, Aussie accent, Indian accent, Hong Kong accent and so on. In the British itself, there are also many accents, such as Cockney, Scottish, Welsh and others. In language development, language shift or Slank is a problem that is often encountered in the world, including in Indonesia in the 90s Indonesia was familiar with Slank or Prokem, which was slightly influenced by the massive flow of information with the emergence of television broadcasts.
Standardization of standard language maintenance is carried out in the world, such as in Germany by "GFDs" and "Spanish Institute Cervantes", then "Japanese Ninjal" and Indonesian Language Development and Development Agency. Indonesian consists of several languages, namely Sanskrit, Malay, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
Indonesia set its national language at the Youth Pledge congress in 1928, then the Indonesian language congress continued in 1938, then in 1954 and EYD in 1972 and so on. We do not know the form of writing as it is now before 1947 (Spelling of the Republic of Kelvin). Where in the past the spelling of Van ophuysen was strongly influenced by the Dutch spelling which was very different from now.
It is inconceivable that if no one learns languages, so that we can get to know foreign books, foreign films. Which of these are translators, interpreters, diplomats or even polyglots who have a role in the intraglobal circle. when the internet becomes our daily routine, it will not be strange when we see the words, Bonjour, Good luck, Ganbatte, Voila, Bravo, Wish me luck, Danke, Alles klar, Kamsahamnida, Arigatou and Salut.