Journal Entry 6 - SDLC 105 - Rein

Abstractly speaking, history and language are nearly inseparable. Knowledge of a language’s history tells you a bit about its language family and similar languages, but also the grammatical features. Languages might simplify over time because of inter-language contact and conglomeration of various dialects and vernaculars, but they may also gain grammar and vocabulary from other languages. Somewhat obscure and arcane grammatical rules in English, Latin, and Arabic all hail from prior iterations of the language.

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