Tam sim no, muaj txog 6000 hom lus hauv ntiaj teb. Muaj kev sib cav sib cav txog qhov twg ntawm lawv yog progenitor, thawj hom lus ntawm noob neej. Cov kws tshawb fawb tseem tab tom nrhiav pov thawj tseeb txog cov lus qub.
Xav txog ntau yam tseem ceeb thiab qub tshaj plaws uas twb muaj lawm kev sau ntawv thiab hais lus hauv ntiaj teb.
Thawj feem ntawm kev sau ntawv hauv Suav hnub rov qab 3000 xyoo dhau los rau Zhou Dynasty. Lub sijhawm dhau los, cov lus Suav tau hloov zuj zus, thiab niaj hnub no, 1,2 billion tus neeg muaj ib hom lus Suav ua lawv thawj hom lus. Nws yog hom lus nrov tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no hais txog tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg hais lus.
Qhov ntxov tshaj plaws Greek sau hnub rov qab mus rau 1450 BC. Greek yog feem ntau siv hauv tebchaws Greece, Albania thiab Cyprus. Kwv yees li 13 lab tus tib neeg hais nws. Cov lus muaj keeb kwm ntev thiab nplua nuj thiab yog ib hom lus qub tshaj plaws nyob sab Europe.
Cov lus belongs rau pawg lus Afroasian. Cov phab ntsa ntawm Egyptian qhov ntxa yog pleev xim rau hauv Ancient Egyptian lus, uas hnub rov qab mus rau 2600-2000 BC. Cov lus no muaj cov duab kos ntawm cov noog, miv, nab thiab txawm tias tib neeg. Niaj hnub no, cov neeg Iyiv muaj nyob rau hauv cov lus liturgical ntawm lub Koom Txoos Coptic (thawj lub tsev teev ntuj nyob rau hauv Egypt, nrhiav tau los ntawm St. Mark. Tam sim no adherents ntawm lub Coptic lub tsev teev ntuj nyob rau hauv Egypt muaj li 5% ntawm cov pejxeem).
Cov kws tshawb fawb ntseeg tias Sanskrit, ib hom lus uas muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau txhua tus neeg European, tuaj ntawm Tamil. Sanskrit yog hom lus classical ntawm Is Nrias teb, yos rov qab 3000 xyoo dhau los. Nws tseem suav hais tias yog hom lus ntawm lub tebchaws, txawm hais tias nws siv txhua hnub tsawg heev.
belongs rau tsev neeg ntawm pawg lus Indo-European. Raws li cov ntaub ntawv tshiab, cov lus tau muaj txij li 450 BC.
tshwm sim kwv yees li ntawm 1000 BC. Nws yog ib hom lus Semitic thaum ub thiab yog hom lus ntawm lub Xeev Ixayees. Tau ntau xyoo, Hebrew yog cov lus sau rau cov ntawv dawb ceev thiab yog li ntawd hu ua "cov lus dawb ceev".
Ntau tus kws tshawb fawb ntseeg tias kev kawm txog keeb kwm ntawm cov tsos ntawm cov lus tsis pom zoo vim tsis muaj qhov tseeb, pov thawj thiab kev lees paub. Raws li txoj kev xav, qhov kev xav tau ntawm kev hais lus tau tshwm sim thaum ib tus neeg pib tsim ua pab pawg rau kev yos hav zoov.