Well, the question is in reality either unanswerable (we don't know - and may never know - how many and when the first proto-language(s) emerged) or meaningless (all live natural languages go back as far as we can reconstruct or attest to).
I have started to plan some earth mounds. I keep walking over the same ground contemplating the optimal setting. Once I figured that out it occurred to me that it would be fun to make them 3 sizes small, medium, and large.
The idea has evolved to the point where I'm now estimating quantity of stones and relative size based on seating capacity of the mound.
I won't it even get in to site the entrances towards the east...
My point, I think is that a simple tweaks to earth mound can evolve a complex language by using similar shaped river stones at different scales.
The final result of the first phase will 7 mounds of 3 sizes and one large elevated platform. I realized doing planing the easiest way to communicate my idea to landscapers was to find a stone of each size to use a reference. I could then describe how many of which type go where. before covering with earth.
Once they are done we start to mark celestial events with special stones from far away places to mark the significance...
detourdog|2 years ago
The idea has evolved to the point where I'm now estimating quantity of stones and relative size based on seating capacity of the mound.
I won't it even get in to site the entrances towards the east...
My point, I think is that a simple tweaks to earth mound can evolve a complex language by using similar shaped river stones at different scales.
The final result of the first phase will 7 mounds of 3 sizes and one large elevated platform. I realized doing planing the easiest way to communicate my idea to landscapers was to find a stone of each size to use a reference. I could then describe how many of which type go where. before covering with earth.
Once they are done we start to mark celestial events with special stones from far away places to mark the significance...