Knowing the language’s history can help me with learning the language because I can understand how the language came into existence and how it has progressed over the years to be the system that it is today. It could also help me with understanding why there are certain customs in the culture that the language is used in. For example, the custom of bowing when greeting someone or the hand placement when shaking hands with someone for the first time, I find it interesting. Overall a language’s history can tell us why the language was created, who created, and if the system has changed over time or not.
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