Why do people speak different languages?
People in different places made up their own words over a long, long time.
Pip’s answer
- People in different places made up their own words over a long, long time.
- Groups far apart talked mostly to each other, so their words changed differently.
- Now "hello" can be "hola," "bonjour," or "ni hao"! Hehe!
- Wow-ee, people around the world speak thousands of languages!
Try it together
Can you say hola, like a friend in Spain?
For grown-ups
Languages change slowly over time as people invent new words and sounds shift. When groups of people lived far apart, their ways of speaking changed in different directions and became separate languages. Today there are more than 7,000 languages spoken in the world.
Ask your child: How do you say hello in another language?
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