There are currently thousands of people in the world who communicate with each other in different ways. According to scientists, the average number of languages that continue to be actively spoken is 7,000. So which one is the oldest?
There is a lot of debate about which is the oldest language in the world. Most scientists and linguists have different views.
Bride around which languages these views are gathered let’s see.
Linguists and historians generally agree that Akkadian, Egyptian, and Sumerian are the oldest languages.
But all three are extinct. So it is assumed that they no longer have speakers. As for the oldest language still spoken, several rivals emerge.
Because Hebrew and Arabic must have timelines that linguists can reasonably follow, is at the forefront among these languages.
The oldest written evidence regarding these languages is only Even though it dates back 3,000 years Researchers state that the origins of both languages date back to 18,000 to 8,000 BC.
This means that they belong to the Afro-Asiatic (Hami-Semitic) language family, which dates back to approximately 20,000 to 10,000 years ago.
On the other hand, linguists consider Afro-Asiatic as the oldest language family, but Arabic and Hebrew are different from other languages in this language family. Exactly at what point they diverged is highly debated.
Also of the Earth Chinese on the candidate list of oldest languages It is also available. Because the oldest evidence of the Chinese writing system comes from inscriptions dating back 3,300 years.
It is also on the list of the oldest languages that still exist today. It is also included in Sanskrit. There are multiple versions of this language, and Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest variation of the language.
A version of Sanskrit is still spoken in many parts of India today and is referred to by some as It is believed to be the oldest language.
Finally, Tamil is also among the oldest languages, having emerged in 3000 BC.
This language is still spoken in some parts of the Indian subcontinent, making it making it one of the oldest languages in use. “So which one appeared first?” If you ask, we can say that linguists cannot reach a consensus on this point.
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