2007-02-25 18:15:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The oldest living language in India is Tamil and the oldest "Dead" language is Sanskrit!
Historical evidences show that Sanskrit is over 60,000 years old while Prakrit, from which Tamil evolved is a century younger. Tamil, itself, has Historical Records to prove it's over 35,000 years old!
The Old Testament and Hebrew and Arabic etc are, incidentally, all just under 6,000 years old!
All the best!
Cheers!
Simon Templar
2007-02-25 18:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sanskrit is the oldest Language in India.
2007-02-26 03:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by katkam v 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The oldest language in India is Tamil
2007-02-26 03:01:33 · answer #3 · answered by bithika s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The oldest spoken language in India is TAMIL.
There is a belief that when Lord Shiva did his Tandava Nrithya Tamil flowed from his mouth, as words of honey. (Theyinn).
Sanskrit was the language earlier but it is not spoken now.
Many of the religious books are in Sanskrit.
2007-02-26 22:40:29 · answer #4 · answered by Kamal M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sanskrit is the old langauge of India (and world)
Tamil is 2nd oldest language
Sanskrit is not dead language.. it is the language of the divine
2007-02-26 05:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OFCOURSE SANSKRIT is the oldest language in India
2007-02-26 04:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by toffy2203 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The oldest language of India is- Brahmi only.Period is 600 BC.
Ashokan verdicts are in Brahmi and kharosthi.
Sanskrit is after brahmi.
2007-02-26 14:15:23 · answer #7 · answered by Girish Sharma,yahoo superstar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sanskrit
2007-02-26 06:39:21 · answer #8 · answered by meenakshi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Simon is right, but Sumarian is the oldest written language and it is located near egypt in the fertile crecent between the tigris and euphrates river might be a possibility.
2007-02-26 02:21:46 · answer #9 · answered by Chad G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Indo is older and is the stem language of Sanskrit
2007-02-26 03:21:27 · answer #10 · answered by ♀La Femme►☼ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋