Tony: Well, at least from a biblical perspective, language is part of how we were designed. Apparently "let us make them in our image" included the ability to communicate and speak in a common language with our designer, because, as the story goes, humans communicated with him directly via spoken word in the beginning.-understood. At least we know that babies come with a built-in ability to learn any language they are born to. All languages have the same pattern of syntax and tenses. The ability lessens after about 8 years of age.