The Holy Tongue (Lashon Hakodesh) Part 1 - History & Alphabet

This lecture, delivered by Rabbi Elyahu Kin in 2009, is part of a series on the origin and subsequent evolvement of language, with an emphasis on the Hebrew language. In Part 1 Rabbi Kin discusses the historical background of the first language, and how all other languages diverged from a common ancestor - a Proto Language. The lecture also discusses various early forms of writing including the history behind the Paleo-Hebrew script.