actualy i want to give a clue .these languages have been originated from india.
2007-01-09 17:20:06 · 26 answers · asked by pushpad 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Turkish and Sumerian langs.
2007-01-09 17:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
This is a silly question. All languages are constantly changing so all languages still spoken today are equally old. And if you are talking about the languages with the oldest written records, you are wrong about India. You Indian nationalists are being misled in your schooling and are being taught incorrect information. The oldest written language is Sumerian, with written records about 5000 years old. The next oldest is Egyptian with written records about 4500 years old. There are written records of Old Chinese about 3500 years old. There are written records of Greek about 3700 years old. The oldest written records of any Indian language (Sanskrit, which was not even originally an Indian language, and Old Tamil) are only about 2500-2700 years old. This is about the same age as the earliest written records of Old Aramaic.
2007-01-09 20:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All languages change, and therefore, all languages are continually new. There is no language today that is in the same form as it was a long time ago.
2007-01-09 17:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Short answer:
Hebrew and Latin - two of the oldest western languages.
Sanskrit - Oldest Asian language.
But that answer is not accurate. Wiki has a good entry on old languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_language
2007-01-09 18:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Chaitu 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sumerian and Akkadian are perhaps the oldest KNOWN languages. But there's still much more to be discovered as we dig into the ancient past.
2007-01-09 17:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Sanskrit, Tamil etc. are the oldest languages, not choronologically but alphabetically.
2007-01-09 17:30:40 · answer #6 · answered by SRIRANGAM G 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The oldest languages are hebrew and arabic languages.Adam prophet dropped by God in India and he met Eva (who dropped at Jedda by Allah) at a Rahmah hill at Arrafa in Saudi Arabia. .The first holy book was written in hebrew language.
2007-01-09 17:45:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Arabic and Sanskrit Or Persian
2007-01-09 18:40:25 · answer #8 · answered by Noor 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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.
Can refer this page to get clear idea : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_language
2007-01-09 17:26:16 · answer #9 · answered by Uva 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you mean Indo-European. However, Indo-European is largely inferred by diachronic linguistic studies (historical linguistics)
2007-01-09 22:27:14 · answer #10 · answered by Homeboy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Indo
Sanskrit
2007-01-09 17:32:42 · answer #11 · answered by QQ dri lu 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋