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  2. History of writing - Wikipedia

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    This article cites its sources but its page reference ranges are too broad or incorrect. Please help in adding a more precise page range. (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Survey of eight prominent scripts (left to right, top to bottom): Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Maya script, Devanagari, Latin alphabet, Arabic alphabet, Braille Part of ...

  3. List of languages by first written account - Wikipedia

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    A list of 61 words recorded in 1770 by James Cook and Joseph Banks was the first written record of an Australian language. [209] 1891: Galela: grammatical sketch by M.J. van Baarda [210] 1893: Oromo: translation of the New Testament by Onesimos Nesib, assisted by Aster Ganno: 1900: Qaqet: grammar by Matthäus Rascher [211] 1903: Lingala ...

  4. History of Latin - Wikipedia

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    They insisted, for example, that ae be written out in full wherever it occurred in classical Latin; medieval scribes often wrote e instead of ae. They were much more zealous than medieval Latin writers in distinguishing t from c : because the effects of palatalization made them homophones , medieval scribes often wrote, for example, eciam for ...

  5. Language development - Wikipedia

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    By age 3–5, children can master illocutionary intent, knowing what you meant to say even though you might not have said it and turnabout, which is turning the conversation over to another person. [citation needed] By age 6–10, shading occurs, which is changing the conversation topic gradually. Children are able to communicate effectively in ...

  6. Ancient literature - Wikipedia

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    Early Bronze Age: 3rd millennium BC (approximate dates shown). The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC (classical Sumerian ). [ 1 ] Certain literary texts are difficult to date, such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead , which was recorded in the Papyrus of Ani around 1240 BC, but other versions of the book probably date from ...

  7. Age of acquisition - Wikipedia

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    For example, the word 'penguin' is typically learned at a younger age than the word 'albatross'. Studies in psycholinguistics suggest that age of acquisition has an effect on the speed of reading words. [1] [2] The findings have demonstrated that early-acquired words are processed more quickly than later-acquired words.

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  9. Medieval Latin - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages.It was also the administrative language in the former Roman Provinces of Mauretania, Numidia and Africa Proconsularis under the Vandals, the Byzantines and the Romano-Berber Kingdoms, until it declined after the Arab Conquest.