Language

Have you ever wondered about languages? How did so many come about? How did we even develop words? I understand gestures to communicate... which leads to sign language I guess. Then we learned to speak. That started with drawings, right? So, how did we get to letters and words? I am typing this, and you are understanding what I am saying. If I were to say I watched tv today and saw a commercial with a girl washing her hair. You would probably understand what a tv is, what a girl is, what a commercial is, what the act of washing is, and what her hair is. You'd probably also understand that she was using shampoo. You could probably even picture it a little bit. All of this because I put some letters together to form words. Does anybody else realize how amazing this is? Sometimes I feel like languages are one of the many wonders of the human population. Speaking and writing and simply communicating really is taken for granted...