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Events relating to language
The language of a single tribe in eastern Europe, as recently as 3000 BC, is the ancestor of all modern Indo-European languages
Indo-European tribes, speaking Baltic languages, settle in the regions of modern Lithuania and Latvia
Aramaic, a Semitic language from Syria, becomes the lingua franca of the Middle East
Ptolemy III issues the Decree of Canopus, the earliest known in the Ptolemaic series of public decrees inscribed in stone in two languages and three scripts
Tribes speaking Finno-Ugric languages are by now settled around the northeast of the Baltic, in modern Estonia and Finland
The Christian missionary Ulfilas devises an alphabet for the language of the Goths, so that he can translate the Bible into Gothic
The Arabic language gradually replaces Aramaic as the lingua franca of the Middle East
Samuel Richardson's Clarissa begins the correspondence which grows into the longest novel in the English language
Samuel Johnson publishes his magisterial Dictionary of the English Language
The spoken language of the Cherokee Indians is captured in written form – an achievement traditionally attributed to Sequoyah
Connecticut lexicographer Noah Webster publishes the definitive 2-volume scholarly edition of his American Dictionary of the English Language
The Hungarian diet decrees that Magyar, rather than German, is to be the official language of the kingdom
Bret Harte's comic ballad Plain Language from Truthful James acquires a popular alternative title, The Heathen Chinee
The Gaelic Association is founded n Ireland to promote Gaelic games alongside Irish culture and language
The Gaelic League is founded to restore the use of Gaelic as Ireland's spoken language
Marconi launches a factory in Chelmsford, England, for the purpose of manufacturing radios ('wirelesses' in the language of the time)
H.L. Mencken's The American Language traces the gradual evolution of American from English
In Language, Truth and Logic 26-year-old A.J. Ayer produces a classic exposition of Logical Positivism
The Canadian province of Quebec introduces Bill 22, making French the province's sole official language