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From: mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer)
Subject: Re: Speculation: First word?
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 01:16:03 GMT
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In article <391eok$2j7@crl8.crl.com>, Peter Childress <chldress@crl.com> wrote:
>Would anyone care to speculate on,say, the first dozen or so words that 
>humans created? And, also, how long from the first spoken word to a 
>recognisable language? Lastly, when do you suppose that was?
>

This question was adequately answered by pharaoh Psammetichos.
The first word was "bekos", `bread', in Phrygian.
Read Herodotus 2.2.

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