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LEGEND OF THE FIRST LANGUAGE EVER SPOKEN
IN SAINT JOHN'S GOSPEL HE BEGINS WITH THE WORD WHICH WAS
IN THE BEGINNING. GOD MUST HAVE USED WORDS TO COMMUNICATE,
SO GOD, IN ORDER TO CREATE A LANGUAGE, USED ARAMAIC. HISTORY
RECORDS THAT ARAMAIC IS AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE USED DURING
THE FIRST CIVILIZATION IN HISTORY IN MESOPOTAMIA IN THE
AREA OF THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES RIVERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
Date learned: 10-17-1983