Gustave Doré's interpretation of the confusion of tongues.

The confusion of tongues (confusio linguarum) is the initial fragmentation of human languages described in the Bible after the collapse of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Doré photographed by Felix Nadar. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... This article is about the Biblical story. ... For other uses, see Genesis (disambiguation). ...

It is implied that prior to the event, humanity spoke a single language, either identical to or derived from the "Adamic language" spoken by Adam and Eve in Paradise. In the confusion of tongues, this language was split into seventy or seventy-two dialects, depending on tradition. This has sometimes been interpreted as being in contradiction to Genesis 10:5, The Adamic language is a term for the hypothetical proto-language believed spoken by Adam and Eve in paradise, either identical with the language used by God to address Adam, or invented by Adam (Genesis 2:19). ... Michelangelos Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel. ...

Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations

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During the Middle Ages, the Hebrew language was widely considered the language used by God to address Adam in Paradise, and by Adam as nomothete (the Adamic language) by various Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholastics. Dante in the Divina commedia implies however that the language of Paradise was different from later Hebrew by saying that Adam addressed God as I rather than El. “Hebrew” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Adam (disambiguation). ... Paradise, Jan Bruegel Paradise is an English word from Persian roots that is generally identified with the Garden of Eden or with Heaven. ... The Adamic language is a term for the hypothetical proto-language believed spoken by Adam in paradise, either identical with the language used by God to address Adam, or invented by Adam as nomothete (name-giver, Genesis 2:19). ... The Adamic language is a term for the hypothetical proto-language believed spoken by Adam and Eve in paradise, either identical with the language used by God to address Adam, or invented by Adam (Genesis 2:19). ... DANTE is also a digital audio network. ... ... Ēl (אל) is a Northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either god or God or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. ...

Preceding the acceptance of the Indo-European language family, these languages were considered to be "Japhetite" by some authors (e.g. Rasmus Rask in 1815; see Indo-European studies). Beginning in Renaissance Europe, priority over Hebrew was claimed for the alleged Japhetic languages, which were supposedly never corrupted because their speakers had not participated in the construction of the Tower of Babel. Among the candidates for a living descendant of the Adamic language were: Gaelic (see Auraicept na n-Éces); Tuscan (Giovanni Battista Gelli, 1542, Piero Francesco Giambullari, 1564); Flemish (Goropius Becanus, 1569, Abraham Mylius, 1612); Swedish (Andreas Kempe, 1688, Olaus Rudbeck, 1675); German (Georg Philipp Haurdörffer, 1641, Schottel, 1641); and among the candidates for Adamic language itself were: Hebrew (see Middle Ages); Proto-Indo-European (Anne Catherine Emmerich, 1790). For other uses, see Indo-European. ... 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References

• Anne Catherine Emmerich, Life of Jesus Christ And Biblical Revelations (1790).
• Umberto Eco, The search for the perfect language (1993).
• Samuel Noah Kramer, The "Babel of Tongues": A Sumerian Version, Journal of the American Oriental Society (1968).

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See also

• Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
• Origin of language
• Fenius Farsa