The biblical account centers language as a defining component of peoplehood

Evidence

The Bible thus places language and its evolution at the centre of the history of human origins and the antecedents of the patriarch of the chosen people. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 632

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to modern linguistic racism and the racialization of language families in 19th-century thought.