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However, since Coptic is the direct descendant of Archaic Egyptian, it is the oldest spoken language in the world. The earliest known complete sentence in Egyptian dates to around 2690 BCE and Egyptian hieroglyphs from tombs date back even further to 3200 BCE.
24 Αυγ 2023 · Disagreements about the age of Sanskrit and Tamil illustrate the broader issues in pinpointing the world’s oldest language.
This is a list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language.
9 Ιουν 2022 · By order of appearance, the Tamil language (part of the family of Dravidian languages) would be considered the world’s oldest living language as it is over 5,000 years old, with its first grammar book having made its first appearance in 3,000 BC.
27 Σεπ 2024 · Sumerian language, language isolate and the oldest written language in existence. First attested about 3100 BCE in southern Mesopotamia, it flourished during the 3rd millennium BCE. About 2000 BCE, Sumerian was replaced as a spoken language by Semitic Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian).
The Sumerians developed the world’s oldest known writing system, cuneiform, which consisted of wedge-shaped characters carved into clay tablets. The script was later used to denote the spoken Sumerian language, in lieu of any sort of alphabet.
Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: eme-gir15[a], lit. '' native language ''[1]) was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is a local language isolate that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq.
