The most ancient languages of our world

To date, there are a great many languages, both ancient and relatively young; Both artificial and natural; Both living and dead. Of course, each of them has the right to exist, because once they are used by at least some people, it means they are needed. In the end, many believe (and it is not unreasonable) that it is articulate speech and the possession of one's own language that makes a person a person.

But, probably, everyone at least once thought about the origin of ancient languages, how they survived to the present day and which of them is the most ancient. Unfortunately, there is no answer to this question until now.

Of course, speaking of the language as such, the most ancient is sign language. But what about the oral variant?

On this subject there is a very interesting story about a pharaoh who, like the reader, became interested in the question of the proto-language. For the purpose of experiment, this inquisitive ruler ordered to lock in the hut two infants, who had never heard a human speech in their lives. This was done later, so that the children "remembered" the ancient languages supposedly laid in their genes. In order for the kids not to die of hunger, they were regularly brought to the milk goat, on whose milk they grew up.

And one day, the grown-up children uttered their first word, and it sounded like this: "bicot". Pharaoh told his subjects to find a people whose language has this word. Strangely enough, it was found - in the Phrygian language "bicot" means "bread".

Of course, this experiment clarified something only for the pharaoh, since the modern reader can easily see that there are more ancient languages than the Phrygian.

Today, several languages are recognized as the oldest.

Thus, the Sumerian was first witnessed in writing in 3200 BC.

The first mention of the Akkadian language spoken by the inhabitants of ancient Mesopotamia dates back to 2800 BC.

The root Egyptian language is also very ancient. The first written evidence of its existence dates back to 3400 BC.

The Semites had their own language - once very popular, but now dead. It was called Elab, and it exists, the smallest, since 2400 BC.

In ancient Crete, the Minoan language was widely used, the heyday of which occurred throughout the second century BC.

The Hittite empire created its own language, called Hittite, during its prosperity. Its origins date back to 1650 BC.

One of the most ancient - not only with respect to oral speech, but also writing, is the Greek language, the first mention of which dates back to 1400 BC.

Chinese originated around the 11th century BC. Today a lot of people are talking on it.

So, from all the above, we can conclude that many ancient languages of the world exist to this day, which means that their history is constantly replenished, and they are being improved.

However, there is another noteworthy language, which should be mentioned. It is the language of Ancient India, Sanskrit.

The origin of classical Sanskrit belongs to specialists by the 4 th century AD, however, eight centuries before it originated Sanskrit epic, and a related Vedic language arose in the twentieth century BC.

Despite its more than a respectable age, it has survived to the present day in full, for which it is necessary to thank the ancient sages who stood on the protection of the text of the sacred Vedas and the entire Vedic language. Thanks to the method they invented, their students could memorize the whole sacred book, and then transfer their knowledge to a new generation.

In Sanskrit speak to this day, there are also people who communicate on it in everyday life.

Of course, in Ancient India in addition to Sanskrit, there were other ancient languages, but none of them wrote so many great works, as in the language of the Vedas.