Well, thats a difficult question, because are you specific to just humans or animals? Plus the right answer is based on what you believe. Like if you believe God created everything, then animals were the first to speak, and then humans, well it did not specify in the Bible what they spoke. If you believe in evolution, animals were also the first to speak in their own language, probably through noises and body language
Deaf people joined forces with the disability rights movement to push for passage 1990 civil rights law that would impact access to telecommunications, public events and interpreting services.