Linguist Marina Yaguello traces the myths, legends, and religious narratives that have shaped humanity's understanding of the origins of language.
The Role of Myth in Language: From Lingua Adamica to Babel
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-role-of-myth-in-language-from-lingua-adamica-to-babel/
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lvxferre@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
It's interesting on how language is bound to be surrounded by myths like this. It reminds me the Kaingang and their mythology - where they'd sprout out of the soil already speaking Kaingang, and with their dual social structure already established by the gods; while the other peoples would be "off-shoots" of the Kaingang and speak increasingly divergent versions of the Kaingang language.