2006-11-10 21:12:34 · 7 answers · asked by vijay4118 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Sumerian is the world's oldest language; it is extant from about 3200 BC according to the depth of its written records.
Chinese is the oldest language with a continuous written tradition.
2006-11-10 21:15:23 · answer #1 · answered by Aqua 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to that question is a subject of debate among historians, and is something that may never truly be solved, as evidence degrades over time and becomes lost to us.
Some of the candidates for the World's Oldest Language include the Khoi-San languages, Proto-Indo-European, the Basque language, and Sumerian.
Read my source for more details.
2006-11-10 21:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by koncur 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Civilization is approximately 6,000 years historic. There is a robust indication that because the final fundamental ice age ended, contemporary languages allotted. Recording strategies critical for administering towns resulted in written languages. I like your inspiration. It's a well parabolic tackle Genesis.
2016-09-01 10:44:25 · answer #3 · answered by welcome 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is not definitive enough. Almost certainly it was a "SIGN" language. If you mean "written language" I will leave that to the multitude of experts who I assure you will NOT agree with one another!
Sign language is still in use - we, you and I use it every day. We smile which transmits the feeling that we like what we are seeing etc.etc.
So perhaps you should repose your question to "What are the earliest known samples of written language" The answer is almost certainly a series of pictures found in some cave or other.
2006-11-10 21:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're a bible believer then I'd say its ancient hebrew.
But if you're not, then logically, I have to say, animal language.
What? is there something wrong with that?
ANyway, the oldest language of the human civilization would be the language of the first known human civilization --the Mesopotamian civilization. Thus, Sumerian is the oldest language about 3500 BC.
However, others say that it is either AKKADIAN, CHINESE, EGYPTIAN, PHRYGIAN, SANSKRIT, or PHOENICIAN.
2006-11-10 21:23:23 · answer #5 · answered by karl 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://ask.com/web?q=what+is+the+worlds+oldest+language&qsrc=0&o=333&l=dir
2006-11-11 00:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pig latin
2006-11-10 21:16:40 · answer #7 · answered by jpm3usa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋