The divine source
Genesis, God created Adam and
“whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof.”
Alternatively, following a Hindu tradition,
language came from Sarasvati, wife of
Brahma, creator of the universe. The
pharaoh concluded that Phrygian, an
older language spoken in part of what is
modern Turkey, must be the original
language. That seems very unlikely.
The children may not have picked up
this “word” from any human source, but
as several commentators have pointed
out, they must have