Let us see what the experts and the great minds have to say while decoding the biggest mystery of evolution called language. There are so many languages around the world, each one unique, each one interesting and fascinating in its own regard. But have you ever given a thought to where the language first came from? What happened made the man think about communicating his thoughts verbally. And how do the first words come from a human’s mouth? There is a noticeable absence of evidence in regards to how the language was developed and originated in the first place. But from times immemorial experts have put forward many theories that are sometimes discounted, challenged, and even ridiculed. Here are a few of the popular and earliest theories about the origin and evolution of language. The bow-wow theory According to this theory, the origin of language is when our forefathers started imitating sounds that they frequently heard around them. So, the first speech that humans made was influenced by echoic words such as bang, splash, meow, bow-wow, cuckoo, etc. But this theory is refuted by many as it is believed that relatively there are not so many words that are onomatopoeic and other words vary from language to language like a dog’s bark is bow-wow in English but is wang-wang in China and au-au in Brazil. And moreover, many onomatopoeic words are originated recently and are not necessarily derived from natural sounds. The La-La Theory This theory was propagated by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen who believed that language was developed from the sound that is associated with play, love, and song. But experts commented that theory fails miserably trying to understand the rational and emotional aspects of speech and expressions. The Poo-Pooh Theory This theory was popularized by experts who believed that speech was an automatic response to various emotions such as fear, surprise, pain, laugh, gasp, and shriek. But there is no language that has many interjections and also how would that explain the other noises that are used which have little or no relationship with consonants and vowels in phonology. So, does that mean we have absolutely no idea how our language was developed and originated as all previous theories were shunned?The answer is no as there have been some rational explanations as scholars and experts from various fields such as anthropology, cognitive science, and genetics are trying to analyze this jigsaw puzzle. The truth is still not clear to us but we will get to it one day.