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3 years ago via Twitter

roommate debate: What is the oldest language in the world? Googling now.... your thoughts?

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dannyisme | 3 years ago view on twitter
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The oldest language is no longer spoken. Instead it has been reconstructed. One possible contender is Nostratic, a controversial language that predates Indo-European, Semitic, and many other language families, including some Native American families.

Among the European languages still spoken, some people suggest that Lithuanian is the closest to proto-Indo-European.
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bethlinda | 3 years ago view on twitter
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The oldest written language probably Sumerian or Egyptian wins because they developed a writing system first (both start appearing in about 3200 BC).

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I know this won't help the roommate debate, but with this link, you can at least have some guidelines in your argument!
http://www.linguistlist.org/ask-ling/oldest.html
In my opinion, we don't know the answer to this question, although some people will give one anyway.
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