The restoration of the Adamic language begins the moment we speak with perfect honesty. Every lie fragments creation; every truthful word rebuilds it one conversation at a time until the world again speaks with the voice of heaven.
I propose that the restoration of the Adamic language begins now, today, in our hearts and mouths when we reject all forms of falsehood.
The Adamic language is not a forgotten vocabulary.
It is the speech of truth, purity, and divine harmony. Every person can speak it, no matter what language they were born into.
What Is the Adamic Language?
To speak the Adamic language is to speak as Adam and his righteous descendants spoke in Moses 6:6 because they “were taught to read and write, having a language which was pure and undefiled.”
Truth is pure. Truth is undefiled.
This is pure speech, words that teach, uplift, and invite.
Here language serves its divine purpose: to call, not to coerce; to build faith, not fear.
We see this in Moses 6:23:
“And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake and prophesied, and called upon all men, everywhere, to repent; and faith was taught unto the children of men.”
This is the sound of truth, faith, and repentance.
This is the language of Adam. It is not lost; though it is not universally taught nor practiced.
And we can change that!
What Is NOT the Adamic Language?
The opposite of the pure and undefiled speech of Adam and his righteous posterity is the corrupted language described in Moses 6:15:
“And the children of men were numerous upon all the face of the land. And in those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man’s hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works, seeking for power.”
Here the world’s speech becomes Babel:
Words inflamed by anger.
Communication turned to manipulation.
Secret works and power struggles replacing open trust.
This is anti-Adamic language: words used to dominate and manipulate others rather than to reveal truth by liberating others.
The contrast is clear. Adamic speech builds covenant relationship. Babylonian speech seeks power, secrecy, and control.
Restoring the Adamic Language Today
To restore Adamic speech in our day, we must purify our communication. This includes rejecting every form of distortion:
No deceit — any deliberate attempt to mislead or hide truth.
No lies — statements that deny or oppose what is true.
No misinformation — false or inaccurate information shared in ignorance, or not, with or without intent to deceive.
No malinformation — information that may be factually true but is used to harm, manipulate, or shame.
No disinformation — false information shared deliberately to deceive or gain advantage.
When our words become pure, truthful, and guided by the Spirit, we begin to speak the language of Adam. When our words twist, manipulate, or conceal, we speak the language of Babel.
When we speak honestly, we participate in the clarity that once united humankind.
When we twist words for advantage, we return to Babel: Confusion, rivalry, and destruction
Babel and the Restoration of Speech
The Tower of Babel story in Genesis 11 teaches that when people sought greatness apart from God, “the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth” (v. 9). The scattering of speech mirrored the scattering of hearts. By contrast, Zion is gathered through truth.
To speak Adamic is to align our words with divine purpose. It is to make our speech an instrument of creation, as God’s word was “in the beginning.” It is to speak so that our words heal, build, and bless.
It does not matter what your native language is. Whenever you speak truth, teach righteousness, and invite repentance, you are speaking the language of Adam. This is the speech of Zion, the voice of heaven restored among humankind.
When communication loses integrity, it collapses into confusion.
Every Tongue Today Is Capable of Speaking the Adamic Language
When speech returns to truth, it becomes universal, every tongue capable of speaking Adamic clarity.
The restoration begins wherever individuals:
Refuse to repeat what is false.
Listen before judging.
Use words to heal, not to wound.
Teach righteousness instead of rage.
The “Adamic language” is not a secret code; it is the discipline of honest, compassionate speech.
Living the Pure Tongue
Every conversation is a covenant: an agreement that truth matters between speaker and hearer.
When we keep that covenant, when we make our language pure, we take part in the restoration foretold in Zephaniah 3:9, “a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord.”
To speak the Adamic language is to speak truth with love.
Every lie, distortion, or rumor un-creates what God first united.
Every truthful word rebuilds it.
Words are not neutral sounds.
They are the medium through which trust, cooperation, and peace survive.
When speech is polluted by deceit or manipulation, entire communities lose their bearings.
Economies, governments, and families all depend on the same fragile substance—believable words.
Restoring truthful speech is therefore not a private virtue alone; it is a global necessity.
A society that cannot trust its language soon cannot trust itself.
The Covenant of Speech
Every honest sentence is a small covenant between speaker and listener:
“What I tell you corresponds to what is real.”
To break that covenant, by lying, distorting, or withholding truth, is to unravel the social fabric one thread at a time.
To keep that covenant, to only speak in the language of Adam, is to repair the world.
When people everywhere commit to truth in conversation, reporting, education, and leadership, they begin to rebuild what the story of Babel symbolized as scattered: a shared understanding.
What Resorting the Adamic Language Means for the World
Truthful speech creates peace. Misinformation breeds fear and hostility; honesty restores calm.
Pure language builds unity. When people mean what they say, translation barriers shrink, trust speaks every tongue.
Integrity restores dignity. Speaking truth honors both the one who speaks and the one who hears.
Courage replaces cynicism. In an age of confusion, to tell the truth kindly is an act of resistance and healing.
A World Restored by Speech
Imagine a world where:
Public discourse is transparent, not strategic.
Public personas and people in pubic speak truthful, not in partialities.
News informs instead of inflames.
Agreements mean what they say.
People correct falsehoods instead of amplifying them.
That world would not need a miraculous new language. Rather we will have recovered the Adamic principle of speech: clarity, honesty, truth. This leads to creative power.
Indeed, we act like God who spoke and the created order was pronounced good.
The Simple Practice of Speaking in the Voice of Adam
To speak the Adamic language today is to make these small daily vows:
I will let my words be accurate.
I will not repeat what I do not know to be true.
I will use language to reconcile, not divide.
I will remember that every word either builds or breaks the covenant of trust.
A Restoration of Words and Hearts
The Restoration of the gospel is not only the recovery of priesthood, covenants, and ordinances. It is also the restoration of divine speech. The Lord is teaching His people again to speak with purity of heart and clarity of truth. The Spirit sanctifies both tongue and thought until our words become “the words of Christ” (2 Nephi 32:3).
Every honest word, every truth spoken in love, and every testimony borne by the Spirit is part of the ongoing restoration of the Adamic language.
As we speak truth, we build Zion.
As we purify our words, we prepare the world for the return of the King whose word cannot fail.
—Taylor Halverson, Ph.D.
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