Once in the past, when people weren't totally humans they communicated with animal sound. Honestly, they were like animals also. One human had got a leaf which hides his genitalia want to save thoughts and ideas to a reliable storage because he often forgot it and that's turned he into sad, aggressive, and despair.
So far, people lived in tribes and didn't talked such modern humans. The main character be in the beginning of huge changes. He'll feel them soon.
Actually, he (his name "Alng" /ælŋ/) almost speaks language. Actually, someone must create it. Alng had 2 advantages for language creation.
First, he'll be able to remember himself "mind flow" all the time. Alng want to save them all regardless of thought type (even habitual action). Sometimes he had to.
Second, Alng might become a tribe hero because he'll make conversations more understandable. People will exchange faster, lighter, and more clear.
Alng was an introvert. He prefer distance from the tribe and liv in a hut. He viewed and educated nature (rivers, trees, animals, etc.), going to explore Earth per se. It's let to create first language.
Once sunny day when rivers with brooks flowed clear and lazy his mind flow flowed very rapidly with swiftly streams. Why Alng hard think? He's drawing a language on a coast sand. Of course, ancient world even had neither paper nor another paper-like object. Also there were no letters and no alphabet. There were drawings suchlike in Ancient Egyptian. By the way, Sumers which is the earliest known civilization lived near Egypt. Maybe they created first language. Even though Alng might was one of there.
Antique people had not abstract terms or phylosophical thoughts because their general goal is to continue breathing. Thus, Alng constructed most of all daily constructions (for that time, of course).
Just imagine how his mojibakes were. For example, ox is ox drawing, tree is tree drawing, etc. On other hand, drawings mustn't too complicated. They must write as fast as possible. And so, Alng simplify his "lines". You know, suchlike Chineses. Unfortunately, they made so complex language that it had to be simplified. Fortunately, he thought about simplifying at first.
Make writing system is a piece of full work. So, speak system was made, too. If be defenetly honestly, that part should be first but Alng made in other way. I even cannot pic how thats sounds pronunced. Dental, alveolar or maybe post-alveolar?
Picture that had five consonants and three vowels. Neither too many nor so few. Mouthes of archaic world were quite able to pronunce five consonants and three vowels.
Just try to pic that had /ɑ/, /ʌ/, /æ/, /ʔ/, /t/, /ɣ/, /ŋ/, /r/. (If you want to know how this pronunce, you would go to Wikipedia). Language was strictly straightforward and had no exceptions. Most languages have exception but they were first. What you want to else? There was isolating language one. Although, scientists opine agglutinative languages turn into isolated.
Eight days ran speedly for Alng. He thought, constructed, and built language. For let our story be smaller, will name that language "Atz" (just abbreviation of "A to Z"). Atz had wealth of bad versions because making language is a rocket science and it couldn't be created in one attempt.
Alng had no pastime but Atz creating. Food who run around man worth dinner. Interesting that he wasn't eatten by anyone of amimals. Likely, that's God sake.
Finally, Atz was built. Many days us non-upper class hero spent to Atz. Sometimes he was wrath, fury, and ire because it is rocket science. Fortunately, Alng chose had instead had not. Although, way was wealthful of wax which was obstacle to wholly ending of action. But Alng had to made Atz else homo sapiens don't live now. They just don't be...
Anyway, man must present Atz for everyone. Or for one at least. So he went to tribe. Unfortunately, furious thunder with plentiful rain began. Alng decided he stayed at hut while nature disaster didn't end. That was God sake, too. Man even didn't thought how exactly he will present Atz and for whom. If "for whom" wasn't difficult question (likely, for bailiff), then "how" should complex answered.
Rain hammered its nails to hut roof and then water oozed through gaps and after that dropped to dirt floor where shady spots made. Meanwhile, the main character being in reflections and performing many other ways how circumstances may go on.
Some time later. When rain was fineshed. Alng set his gaze forward to tribe. He had no fear, no introvertness, no misstakes.
He lived onto two-picked rust hill. Maybe Alng was going to be nearer to sky than tribe inhabitants. Curved road to tribe had no sense for Alng. He walked trough brooks and laid obstacles. Fortunately, way was became straighter soon and Alng prefered walk road along.
Sometimes he wanted to walk back. Don't forget he was an introvert. Someone extraverts don't know how it be an introvert. And vice versa.
Well, future hero walked to tribe. And no one bad circumstances came true. Only one came. It was the best.
Tribe was a common organism. It always in motion. It's breathing, beating, winking. All people performs themselves work. Fortunately or not, only Alng wasn't involved. On one hand, if he was involved maybe he won't built language. He will might become slave of daily routine and will be buried by himself.
He didn't saw tribe long time ago. So Alng couldn't move by long time because he became involved. By eternity Alng saw that common organism. As was said earlier, hero love to watch separate type of things. By that way, he was robust enough to made Atz due that feature. So gaze was set to it.
Thoughtful gaze was interrupted and then Alng went. He always know for who walk. It's the bailiff. Alng didn't wanted to tell with anyone else. But show instead tell. What he would tell if language wasn't. He would only show what the Atz and how to tell on it, how to use it, and how to pronunce it.
Alng feel that people in tribe might not understand what his drawings are. "What the lines you?" bailiff would think (of course, he can't). Alng had great plan.
First of all, he had to explain that fields: object, drawing, and pronunciation. The other has no matter. But where he gave all of 42 words in language. By the way, Atz has 42 words. At the end I placed chart of them. pronunciation, too. Alng had whole objects. He gave them all from hill surroundings. Also he looked to tribe and translate some objects into Atz.
Second, he should teach complete population. First step must be completed then next might take place. But Alng didn't wanted to teach inhabitants because he was feared. bailiff would teach good but if he hadn't time for it? Although, if he want to make tribe better, he must help Alng.
Third, when 2 previous was completed Alng going to make Atz wider, stronger, and better. Third step is the hugest and the must hopeful. He wanted to proliferate Atz on full world.
Suddenly, black kite flew above our man. Its howl took out our man from trance. Alng jerked a bit, his eyes saw up, his heart scared. Then he walked into tribe territory. Shady inhabitants gazes followed fella. "Why he here?", probably they thought.
Finish walking to bailiff Alng began presentation.
Bailiff was quite kind and good fellow. Usually he sat onto square-shaped stone. He thought, too. Fortunately, Alng left he behind in language creating race. Eventually, one of these will make Atz or another kind of language. Who knows, maybe they both had identic origin. Honestly, we all have identical origin quite.
At start Alng greeted bailiff. By the way, his future name is "Phet". Word for greeting in Atz is /ɑ:ʔʌ/. Phet didn't understood he but tried to reproduce that.
After flash Phet understood that Alng is going to present language for him. Although, Phet was pretty kind but book doesn't says he wasn't envy. He wanted to build language by oneself and thus all of fame will belong to him. Alas! but archaic world had no dead or other types of sins. Probably, he might create language too if envy didn't be.
After that, Phet caught javelin and threw it forward Alng. Other inhabitants looked to dispute. By the way, bailiff had despotic power on whole tribe inhabitants.
Javelin flew right near Alng left shoulder. Alng understood all and stood like scarecrow. Alng was 20 at that time. 20 is very old for antique time. He could die right now or week later. Thats equals.
Of course, he could revisit his later. But week, couple of weeks, month are short time for forget and forgive. If Alng revisit his after half a year Phet might forget. But Phet might already make language.
One javelin came into Alng, then another, then couple, then hundred. Darkness in eyes or blind comming. Or javelins enclosed sunlight, or brain unpluged organs so that it could functionate. Shades from javelins was such the sun. Alng was like a mace. Afternoon was. Sun was right above cold substance. Perhaps, his soul flew forward the sun. Probably, Alng was an envoy of God. Long time after that no one created language. Earth folk didn't be ready for so global things and didn't they only. Sky too.
After Alng Phet didn't made language. Was also other guys and girls who wanted to make it. But they wasn't special envoys. They was Terrans.