ASSUMING adam and eve existed..what language did they speak?

Question

If so can it claim to be the oldest language?

Answer 1

Hebrew is by far not the oldest language ever. It is said to date back to about 200 - 150 BC. It is also basically a dialect of the Canaanite language.

Proto-Indo-European dates back about to 4 Million BC and currently appears to be the oldest language we know of. This however does not mean it actually is the oldest language.

Assuming Adam and Eve existed as the first humans on earth (which is not something I would subscribe to), it is unlikely that they would have spoken any language we could conceive of. Language is something manmade, something that evolves. It is likely that the first humans on earth did not actually have language as such, but communicated in the same way animals do, through sounds, possibly gestures.

Answer 2

They had spoken Hebrew, the original and first language of mankind.

This can be shown because the line between Adam and Abraham is unbroken. And the history was handed down orally from father to son.

Now some may throw in the Tower of Babel incident. Well, we have to remember that after the Flood, Noah's three sons settled in three different directions. Japeth went to the north, Shem stayed in the middle east, and Ham went south.

Then we also have to remember that from Adam to Abraham, the line goes through Shem. The Tower of Babel, that dealt with Nimrod who was the grandson of Ham.

Now we bring both together - so when God scattered the people and shattered their language into 70 different ones, it didn't effect Shem and his line because they had nothing to do with the Tower of Babel. It was entirely Ham descendants who lost the Hebrew and learned 70 new tongues.

And when we look at scripture, especially in its native tongue of Hebrew, we can see how Hebrew is the oldest language known to mankind. Yes there are "experts" who wish to dismiss scripture and claim that Hebrew is an offshoot of Arabic, but actually its Arabic that is the offshoot of Hebrew. The very existance of God's Torah is proof enough.

Answer 3

Well, since God spoke Hebrew to the prophets who wrote the bible, one can assume Hebrew is the language of God.
Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel, they had kids, etc. They all lived in the area which is near and around Iraq, israel, syria, etc. and they mostly speak Arab or Hebrew there.

Answer 4

That language was wiped out during the flood of Noah. Adam and Eve made up their own language, they were the first people, there wasn't any language when they started.

Answer 5

They spoke the language of looove, love, love. No, I'm serious. And, assuming Adam and Eve existed... We're all inbred. AND, assuming Noah and his wife existed... We're all still inbred.

Oh, blessed endogamy. You will be the end of us all.

Answer 6

At one time all people spoke the same language, well if you believe the bible. We all spoke the same language until we built the tower of Babylon to try to reach God. He made us all speak different languages so we could not understand each other and finish the tower. But i would venture to guess that we all spoke Classical_Hebrew.

Answer 7

The obvious answer is: the same language that God spoke when he talked to them while they were in the garden. What language was that? The one you understand when God speaks to you.

Answer 8

They existed.God walked in the garden with them, they seemed to have no problem speaking with God and Adam named all the animals.I have no idea what the language was ,but no problem communicating.

Answer 9

Language of the heart. That is eternal language.

Answer 10

Did they have a need for language to communicate?