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In previous centuries, many scholars believed that the Adamic language was languages are rather the direct descendents of the Adamic language, having separated before the confusion of tongues, by which also Hebrew was affected. The modern concept corresponding to that of the Adamic language is that of the Proto-World Language , but rather than positing divine inspiration, linguists assume that it arose from Proto-linguistic forms of communication. THE ADAMIC LANGUAGE IN MORMONISM In Mormonism , the Adamic language has been thought by some Latter Day Saints to be the language of God . Though different from Hebrew, the Hebrew language was thought to contain remnants of this ancient language, including the words Elohim and Jehovah . According to Joseph Smith, Jr. 's translation of the ''Bible'', this language was "pure and undefiled" ( Book Of Moses 6:6). Some early leaders of the (7 Woman's Exponent 83 (Nov. 1, 1878)) claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language in revelations. Some Latter Day Saints believe that the Adamic language will be restored as the universal language of humankind at the end of the world. The name of the Mormon settlement " Adam-ondi-Ahman " in Daviess County, Missouri , US, is said to be in the Adamic language. Other words thought by some Mormons to derive from the Adamic language include '''' ("beautiful") is also often popularly attributed to Adamic, but it is actually a Sephardi Hebrew word ( Standard Hebrew נאוו ''navu''). Appendage: Joseph Smith did publicly teach that the Adamic language would be restored after Christ's second coming, and also specified it as "the tongue of angels." Also, in his translation of the Bible, a book of scripture, written in Adamic, is mentioned--"The Book of Remembrance," but any such copies of that book have not been found, and were likely destroyed thousands of years ago. SEE ALSO REFERENCE
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