Adamic language

With Adamic language is by Walter Benjamin of Adam and Eve spoken hypothetical language of paradise called.

The representation of a biblical original language is based on Genesis 2,19f. EU back. In the philosophy of language this stands for a basic name language , for many language philosophers ( Paracelsus , Johann Georg Hamann , Jakob Böhme , Walter Benjamin ) it forms the basis of linguistic development.

It has often been equated with Hebrew . Friedrich II is said to have carried out experiments with children who were raised by a mute nurse to see which language they would speak - but the children had died.

See also

• Tower of Babel
• Proto-world language

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1. ↑ Hartmut Böhme: Because nothing is without signs. The language of nature: irretrievable? ( Memento from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )