The King Psammetichos of Egypt decided which languages, Egyptian or Phrygian, was the older by believing that a baby reared without exposure to language would speak the original language of man, the king commanded that two children be raised completely isolated from speech. One day, one of the children uttered a sound which sounded like "bekos." Because this sound happened to correspond to a word which meant "bread" in the Phrygian language, the king decided that Phrygian was older than Egyptian.
King Psammetichos of Egypt decided which language was the older by believing that a baby reared without exposure to language would speak the original language of man.
According to the story, it should be noted that the king commanded that two children should be raised completely isolated from speech.
Then, one day, one of the children uttered a sound that sounded like "bekos." This was bread in the Phrygian language and this was used by the king as he decided that Phrygian was older than the Egyptian
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