Which is the oldest language in the world?

Answer 1

The Oldest language in the world is "Tamil" . I initially thought it could be "Hebrew" or "Egyptian". My Research Guide confirmed that "Tamil" should be the oldest (as of now!!!) . It is based on the recent underwater excavations in the Indian ocean between India and Srilanka.They have found that a entire continent submerged some 11000 years back. Research is still going on undersea. Sanskrit is older but not oldest. Also, tamil is the only ancient language which is still spoken by more than 80 million people across the globe. 83% of them live in South India(Tamil Nadu) & North Srilanka. Between them existed the above said continent. It is followed by Egyptian. As of 2006 statistics , there are only 50,000 speakers of Sanskrit. It is existing only for teaching great epics. Hebrew is extinct.

Here are few links which should support the researchers,

http://www.grahamhancock.com/underworld/underworld1.php?p=4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_Kandam
http://murugan.org/bhaktas/agastyar.htm
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/sc-harry.htm
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS033&roll=78&frame=73

Answer 2

Sumerians were the first to use writing. So, it is the first written language. I do not know if there is any way of finding out the oldest spoken language, for it must be lost by now.

Answer 3

The frequently asked question of what is the world's oldest language is one that admits of several answers, depending on what criteria are used to determine the "age" of a language.

Answer 4

Sanskrit, I think

The classical language of India brought to us by the Aryans, and also one of the oldest languages of the world. There’s a whole corpus of classical literature, the earliest being the Rig Veda of 1200 BC.

Answer 5

As a matter of fact now one knows for sure which language came first but I can definitely tell you which ones are so old that no one knows how they came to exist or knows their connection with modern languages:
Arabic and Hebrew are the oldest known languages, so old it is assumed Adam spoke either one of them.
Believe me I've done extensive research and that's what I came to, I am a PhD linguist so I know what am talking about.

Answer 6

If you're counting absolute oldest, probably Sumerian or Egyptian wins because they developed a writing system first (both start appearing in about 3200 BC). If you're counting surviving languages, Chinese is often cited (first written in 1500 BC), but Greek is a possible tie because it was written in Linear B beginning ca. 1500 BC.*

Answer 7

Ill say the oldest spoken is sanskrit,the oldest written might cunieform.that is a possible guess,good question though!

Answer 8

Sanskrit.Next to Sanskrit is Tamil.Both the languages are spoken in India.

Answer 9

Baby language.

Answer 10

Sumerian. It was the first civilization we have a clue about (3-4000 BC).