Manx - A total of 56 ppl still speak the native language
what is the language that only a few ppl know how to speak is what im asking?
Tamil-65mill
Aramaic-445000
2007-03-08 19:45:33 · 6 answers · asked by Bdttn2 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm not sure how you would classify a language as old, all languages are the same age they just evolve at different rates.
For the rarest, try researching languages and dialects in obscure isolated areas in Africa
2007-03-08 19:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by Komorebi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oldest does not necessarily mean rarest, though. In Papua New Guinea, with a total of more than 700 spoken languages, some of them are only spoken by a few hundred people in isolated mountain valleys. Those languages are now dying out, with the advent of modern communications and Tok Pisin, Motu and English being the primary languages replacing other native tongues.
2007-03-08 19:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure but basque language in south west of France and north west of Spain seems a very old language
2007-03-08 21:19:01 · answer #3 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tamil is more than 200 years old,,,,,
I have read poems which are written 2000 years
They convey morals and wisdom
which you apply even now,,,, Stunning !@
Tamil official language in Tamilnad (India)
Its also spoken in Singapore, Malesya and otehr Asian countries !
2007-03-08 21:21:44 · answer #4 · answered by test 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assyrians speak modern Aramaic, and there are 4 million+ of us alive worldwide. Thought you'd like to know. :)
2007-03-11 14:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by ImAssyrian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
congratulations
2007-03-08 19:53:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋