Writing is one of the oldest ways of transmitting information on various media, whether it be parchment, paper, or even stone. Broadly speaking, writing is a form of human language. It’s worth figuring out why it is needed.
At the very beginning of the development of civilization, man always had a need to transmit information over long distances, but he did not have modern data transfer capabilities. To be understood by another person hundreds of kilometers from him, he used images of the simplest objects that surrounded him: birds, mountains, fish, all kinds of household utensils and more. This was one of the oldest forms of writing - subject writing. Then there are pictograms, hieroglyphs, only then the alphabet arose.
Writing performs many roles, one of which is expressive. No matter how developed spoken language, a person can never walk hundreds of kilometers to his distant relative for the sake of greeting. Therefore, mail arose - one of the first ways to transmit news and data over long and short distances. Mail would never have arisen if mankind hadn’t written language. But it (the post office) is now in decline, because with modern technology the written language can be transmitted an unlimited distance in a split second.
Writing has another, no less important function - educational. Through a variety of written media, humanity can transmit its knowledge from person to person, from generation to generation. Also, with the help of writing, it is possible to save various data for many years.
All of the above suggests that writing is a necessary attribute of a developed civilization. Writing allows you to not only store and transfer data, but also does it accurately, verbatim. Information through writing is transmitted unchanged, which allows you to apply the same knowledge in different parts of the world.
Writing is an integral attribute of any developed culture. The knowledge of many monuments of culture, art, literature would not be known if not for written sources. The higher the level and complexity of writing, the higher the cultural level of native speakers of a given language.
Writing is a part of the social sphere of society, because language in all its forms is a way of communicating with people around. With the help of any form of language, it is possible to be understood by people in the very way in which this person needs it.
