Does anyone know the origins of why so many languages were created?
It’s not really that so many languages were created. If you look at the very basics of written language – the letters, then there are far fewer character sets than you might expect. We have what we term “western” script, cyrillic, arabic, etc. There are far fewer scripts than spoken languages because spoken language developed well before written script, and some of the earlier written scripts died out or were subsumed into more common script. The languages themselves developed mostly in isolation. Language is used for communication, and you only need to be understaood by a minority of people – those in your immediate locality and those who trade regularly with you. Taking Europe as an example, written script was basically introduced by the Romans and any existing script was forgotten, so all western and central European countries use “western” script, derived from Latin. St Cyril introduced written language is Russia and it’s protectorates, so they use cyrillic script. It is the same f
