According to the Guiness Book, which language has the longest continuous history, extending over 6,000 years to the present day?
2007-02-11 06:37:54 · 6 answers · asked by jessica52882 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Aramaic, is the oldest.
2007-02-11 06:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by Louy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
China has the world's longest continuously used written language system
Greek is the longest of any single language within the Indo-European family
They both have a documented history of about 3500 years,so I guess they have to be the two languages with the longest continuity...I don't really think there's another language that happens to have a history extending over 6,000 years to present day..That would be too long!
2007-02-11 08:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by Natasha P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greek.
But the most pristine written language is Icelandic, which is almost the same as it was when the first Norsemen landed there 1000 years ago.
2007-02-11 06:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by Baddest_Bandulu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thiink that would have to be hebrew but most old languages have evolves so much that they are very different now and considered serparate languaes, but it would probably be hebrew and if not assyrian or sanskrit
2007-02-11 06:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese
2007-02-11 07:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by palaver 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
welsh?
2007-02-11 06:49:51 · answer #6 · answered by Robin RJ 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋