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ELI5: Why did older languages in general have more complicated, multisyllabic words, when most other (by Sparky)
ELI5: Why did older languages in general have more complicated, multisyllabic words, when most other things increase in complexity as they develop further?
Doesn't it make sense to start with simple noises to represent the everyday things?
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Doesn't it make sense to start with simple noises to represent the everyday things?
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