oldest language and easiest language?

Question

which is the oldest language and which is the easiest language to pick up fast.

Answer 1

The oldest language is forgotten now. But, the oldest written languages (that we know of) are Sumerian and Egyptian. Oldest spoken language is probably Greek but it has changed over time and the ancient Greeks would not understand toady's Greek.

I don't know what language would be easiest to learn but I assume that it is easier to learn a language that has the same alphabet and similar syntax as your own.

Answer 2

Oldest known language, but not spoken for a long, long time - Akkadian
Oldest language still spoken in it's original form - that's a hard one. Probably some obscure tribal language from Africa like t'quong (Khalahari Bushman).
Oldest language still spoken by any major civilization, honestly not sure, but nothing European, probably something Asian like Tibetan or a Chinese dialect.
Easiest language to learn - depends on the person, however English is universally understood to be the HARDEST language to pick up. English has more variation in vocabulary, syntax and grammar, and more 'slang' and vernacular than almost any other language. The easist might be Japanese- it's a very utilitarian language.

Answer 3

I'm doing the same. Learning french online for about 2 months just for fun. 22 though so guessing I'm a bit younger :P I'm also looking for things to keep my interest going. At the moment, I'm reading french newspapers, listening to French podcasts and french music, which, although, I don't understand it all, it gets my ears accustomed to the language and music is nice whether you understand the lyrics or not. I'd also recommend going on the french version of yahoo. Like the english version, there's a lot of teenagers, so the language and topics are quite simple. I know this didn't really answer your question but hope it's useful anyway.

Answer 4

All languages are equally old since all date back to the original language about 100 thousand years ago and all languages are constantly changing. No language is the same as it was 500 years ago. The oldest written language is Sumerian (about 5000 years ago), the next oldest written language is Ancient Egyptian (about 4500 years ago). Sanskrit, Latin, and Chinese don't even come close (all three about 2500 years ago). Greek's oldest written records are from about 3500 years ago.

The easiest language to learn depends on what languages you already know.

Answer 5

the first language was the sign language n it 's the easiest to pick up too

i am not kidding that's real men used it as a language in olld ages but if u want a real language i think all really old languages r dead now but there is farsi , chinese korean ( that r not dead yet ) but the dead r latin n coptic n there is more but if u want something easy well u may learn english or spanish cz they r the easiest language i knw



i speak english , spanish , french , a little italian n a little german n some korean with few arabic words ...... so from this experience let me say english n spanish were the easiest for me n for everyone i knw .


Good luck

Answer 6

Oldest language is anyone's guess, though the oldest recorded ones are Sumerian, Ancient Egyptian and Chinese.

Easiest, I'd say English, though other nations have made the claim (Tahiti and Madagascar in particular). But from my experience, English has the simplest grammar.

Answer 7

latin because the english language uses so many weird sentences for example He dove and jumped in the air to cath the dove.

Answer 8

I would suspect it's simple charades-like signing and gesturing.

Just a guess, I'm not a linguistic scholar.

Answer 9

the language of Love maybe..?

..;-)

Answer 10

sanskrit lol
i've been learning it from last year & its soooooo easy