| Lord Flashheart said: Most things invented evole, doesn't stop them from being originally being invented. So the Spanish or Italians cant lay claim to their language? They also can't say there version is the correct original version. So because some English have Celtic ancestry ,the English were Celtic have been as long as the Scots, they can't lay claim to have been with the language from the beginning (even though if they have Celtic ancestry then it likely means they was) it negates the part of them that has ancestry that was with the language from the beginning? Or the English people who's line goes back all the way to when the language was invented? No I don't think so. Are animals invented? That's your argument? no they evolved or was created by god or placed here by aliens depending on what you belive. Taking something that wasn't invented and trying to use that as proof against something that was invented is flimsy at best, acurate never. To invent something usually is a process involving taking what's available and improving on it or using it to come up with something new. Would you argue Logie Baird didn't really invent the television because it used the Nipkow disk? When something is invented it's usually a long process of trial and error. Taking something and constantly refining it. Sound familier. You are being pedantic and it doesn't apply. All Languages evole but they are created by the people on the lands that named them and spoke them first. Therfore they can lay claim to theirs being the correct language and their ancestors or fellow countrymen from the past having invented the language. With all the different languages in England there was an active process to come up with a standard language something not seen in most countries so someone from Nortumberland could trade with someone from East Anglia. |
Well, it definately isn't "invented". The only language that could be described as "invented" is the original one. Everything else is a deviation and evolution on this original language. That is unless, language didn't start with the first humans, and it sprouted out in different human populations at different times, which would make very little sense but is quite possible. Also, the Spanish and Italian speakers, could very well argue that they are the Original speakers of their languages, but they cannot argue that they "invented" them. This is because these languages started out as the same language, latin, then they diverged not through being invented but through evolution. As Senlis noted as well, in order to "invent" something, you need at least a basic form of consious decision or idea that you are inventing something. As for the celtic, anglo-saxon comparison, that was just a base argument for Americans who many are of English ancestry(including myself), but some would argue it isn't "full ancestry" therefore we have less of a right to claim toward this basis of "invention". Basically, I'm saying the language was created by the generations of people who deviated from the root language enough to call it different, but it wasn't thoughtfully invented and shouldn't be noted as "oh we invented it, we have more of a right to say what it is or isn't".
Edit: Basically a language is "created" yes, but it is definately not invented.
