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23 Οκτ 2024 · A modern form of Hebrew developed as a spoken language during the Jewish national revival of the 19th and 20th centuries. Early in the 1st millennium bce, documents in the Aramaic languages appeared. Isolated inscriptions in Old Aramaic dialects date back to the 9th century bce.
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Hebrew ceased to be a regular spoken language sometime between 200 and 400 CE, as it declined in the aftermath of the unsuccessful Bar Kokhba revolt, which was carried out against the Roman Empire by the Jews of Judaea.
While there are few languages that have older roots, Hebrew is often cited as the oldest spoken language in the world. This is due to Hebrew’s connection to biblical texts. However, unlike the other languages on this list, Hebrew went almost completely extinct for a few centuries before being revived.
24 Αυγ 2023 · As for the oldest language that is still spoken, several contenders emerge. Hebrew and Arabic stand out among such languages for having timelines that linguists can reasonably trace,...
31 Ιαν 2024 · Speaking of the Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew was first attested only around 100 years after Aramaic, in 1000 BCE, making it another member of the ‘Oldest Language Still in Use’ Club. Hebrew is, perhaps, unique on this list as a language that ceased to be a common mother tongue for some time, but was eventually successfully revived as a living ...
11 Μαΐ 2023 · The Jewish people were once known as Hebrews for their language, which flourished from roughly the 13th to second centuries B.C.—when the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament, was...
20 Δεκ 2023 · Hebrew is the sixth-oldest language still spoken, with writings that date back approximately 3,000 years. Almost all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, and the language has been known as “the holy tongue” since ancient times.