- Reflect on how knowing a language's history can help you learn the language.
Knowing a language's history can help you learn the language because its' history shows the development and change of the language. As well, it reflects on how the people of the language think. The development and change of a language over time is very important. For instance, the Korean Alphabet was created in 1466 by King Sejong. The creation of the Korean Alphabet is esteemed as one of the most efficient written languages and as well, Korea has a Hangul Day which celebrates the creation of the Korean Alphabet. Just this history of the Korean language shows that Korea has a lot of pride and respect for their language. History also reflects how the people of the language think because what part of language is lost throughout time, shows what the people care more about. For instance, some languages have gendered nouns while other languages do not. Some languages do honorifics while others do not. These small notions in the language showcase a part of the culture in the language one can be learning. So knowing the history of a language really aids you in understanding the long-term development of it.
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