Language (Base Register )

Language is formalised communication - communication either spoken, signed or written. Complex, formal language can be seen as sign of sentience, something which separates humankind from other animals.

Discovery & Development
Language evolved as a means of communication within social groups - primates and other animals have what may be considered primitive languages, including calls or signs to indicate that predators are around and calls or signs to indicate there is plentiful food, or that an area is safe to approach. A more complex system of communication allows a community to better interact and therefore survive, and a requirement for any civilisation of humans is a language of some form. Language is something which evolves culturally, so variations develop at much the same rate as populations expand and change. Any basic forms of communication can be considered the basis of formal languages, from sounds produced in the vocal range- 'ah','uh','puh','eh',cl' etc - to clicking, whistling or sounds produced by beating things together.