THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE FAMILIES (Pages 129-140) by Mr. Satyam Shankara Bhaktula in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

It is difficult to imagine our life without language to communicate our thoughts, ideas, emotions and feelings. From the stone age of primitive living to the space age of modern living the human race has made steady progress. Man has been able to develop his power of observation to learn, think and solve problems of life he / she encounter from time to time. It is difficult to imagine life of our ancestors who might not have been able to communicate as meaningfully as the modern thinkers do language of the modern world have taken years to evolve to their present state. In human life language has manifold importance. language. Language is basic to our culture. It is language through Man is a social being. He has to communicate with other persons of the society. He wants not only to express himself but also to listen and understand the feelings of others. This interaction is the necessity of social life and it is possible only through which we are able to understand over selves and others. We are able to known our culture and cultures of others. It is very difficult to imagine man’s life without language. This paper explains the origin of language, some definitions and highlights the Indo-European family of languages and the position of English. Key Words: Indo-European family of languages, evolution of language, perceptible similarity, grammatical gender etc.