7 Of The World’s Oldest Languages Still Spoken Today
“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” — Rita Mae Brown
Anthropological records of primitive times show that people used to communicate using hand gestures, signals, and odd sounds before the existence of language. However, as the concept of linguistics came to exist about 10,000 years ago, it provided local tribes with a mode of communication that was standardized and hence, more comprehensible. This changed human civilization’s course as it led to the formation of cultures and norms — both notions being unfamiliar in the primitive societies of basic hunter-gatherers.
However, what was more interesting was how suddenly these cultures could be preserved in the form of writings, usually done on stone tablets, cave walls, animal hides, and wood, etc. Bits and pieces of these ancient writing materials are, unfortunately, the only records we have left to determine how the art of linguistics formed the unique tapestry of past kingdoms.
From a language that is known to be borderless to a language with over 100,000 characters, these are the 7 oldest languages known to us that are spoken today.
