The Romans also had writing. Writing helps a lot in stabilizing a language. Take a look at English before it was written down - it changed constantly and rapidly.<p>10,000 years is 500 generations. How many generations of family stories do you have? I have zero from further back than my great-grandparents, that&#x27;s 3 generations ago, let alone 500.<p>The claim of 10,000 year old stories is very extraordinary, and so extraordinary evidence is necessary to be convincing.