Which is the oldest language in India?

The Sanskrit language has been spoken since 5,000 years before Christ. Sanskrit is still the official language of India.
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Which is the 2 oldest language in India?

2. Sanskrit – 1500 BC (circa. 3500 years old) With its oldest texts dating back to around 1500 BCE, Sanskrit is probably the second oldest language in the world still being used today.
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Which is the top 10 oldest language in India?

  • Tamil (300 BC – present) ...
  • Farsi(522 BC – present) ...
  • Hebrew (1000 BC- present) ...
  • Aramaic ( 1100 BC to present) ...
  • Chinese(1250 BC) ...
  • Greek (1450 BC) This language has evolved from its old scripture. ...
  • Sanskrit. This is the second oldest language in the world which is still being used today. ...
  • Egyptian (2690 BC)
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Which is the oldest language in the world?

The archaeological proof we have today allows us to state that the oldest dead language in the world is the Sumerian language. Dating back to at least 3500 BC, the oldest proof of written Sumerian was found in today's Iraq, on an artifact known as the Kish Tablet.
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What is the mother of all languages?

COIMBATORE: The Tamil language is older than Sanskrit and is "the mother of all languages in the world," said Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday.
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List of Top 10 Oldest Languages in World || 2 From India ?



Who discovered Tamil?

According to Hindu legend, Tamil or in personification form Tamil Thāi (Mother Tamil) was created by Lord Shiva.
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Which is the baddest language in the world?

1. Mandarin. As mentioned before, Mandarin is unanimously considered the toughest language to master in the world! Spoken by over a billion people in the world, the language can be extremely difficult for people whose native languages use the Latin writing system.
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Which is the 4th oldest language in the world?

12 Oldest Languages In The World Still Widely Used!
  1. Tamil (5000 years old) - Oldest Living Language of the World. ...
  2. Sanskrit (5000 years old) - World's Oldest Language. ...
  3. Egyptian (5000 years old) ...
  4. Hebrew (3000 years old) ...
  5. Greek (2900 years old) ...
  6. Basque (2200 years old) ...
  7. Lithuanian (5000 years old) ...
  8. Farsi (2500 years old)
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Is Telugu older than Tamil?

Some believe that Telugu evolved from proto-Dravidian, which is the mother of 21 languages that took birth south of the Vindhyas. Those who argue that Telugu is older than Tamil, peg the date of origin of Telugu to at least 1000 years BCE (3000 years old).
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Which is the 3 oldest language in the world?

Greek is the third oldest language in the world. Latin was the official language of the ancient Roman Empire and ancient Roman religion.
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Which is older Tamil or Kannada?

BANGALORE: Reputed theatre personality Master Hiranniah on Saturday said that Tamil has a history of only 1,400 years whereas Kannada has a history of 2,000 years.
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Is Sanskrit language dead?

What is Dead language? As we have discussed before, a dead language does not have any native speaker, but it has some uses. Still, people use this language for different purposes. For example, Latin, Sanskrit, Coptic, Biblical Hebrew, etc., are the dead language.
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Which is the coolest language in India?

Top 10 Most Popular Indian Languages
  • Hindi. Hindi is officially the most popular language spoken across India. ...
  • Bengali. The second most widely spoken language after Hindi is none other than Bengali which is said to be spoken by approximately 8% of the entire population. ...
  • Telugu. ...
  • Marathi.
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What was the first word?

Also according to Wiki answers,the first word ever uttered was “Aa,” which meant “Hey!” This was said by an australopithecine in Ethiopia more than a million years ago.
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How old is English?

Old English – the earliest form of the English language – was spoken and written in Anglo-Saxon Britain from c. 450 CE until c. 1150 (thus it continued to be used for some decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066).
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What was the first human language?

The Proto-Human language (also Proto-Sapiens, Proto-World) is the hypothetical direct genetic predecessor of all the world's spoken languages. It would not be ancestral to sign languages.
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Which is the queen of all languages?

Answer. Answer: Kannada Language spoken in the Southern State in India is the Queen Of All Languages In The World. The people spoke the most prominent Dravidian language of Karnataka In India.
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What is the most beautiful language?

Here are (in no particular order) the 10 most beautiful languages in the world, according to Busuu's experts
  1. Italian. When it comes to the most attractive languages, for many people the native language of Italy likely springs to mind. ...
  2. Arabic. ...
  3. English. ...
  4. (Brazilian) Portuguese. ...
  5. 5. Japanese. ...
  6. Turkish. ...
  7. Irish/Scottish Gaelic. ...
  8. Lingala.
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Which is the sweetest language in India?

There can't be any doubt that Bengali is a sweet language. Now, it has been accepted that it is indeed the sweetest,” said Ray. According to twitter messages, the formal announcement could come on Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary in May.
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Who invented Telugu?

The Telugu script is derived from that of the 6th-century Calukya dynasty and is related to that of the Kannada language. Telugu literature begins in the 11th century with a version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata by the writer Nannaya Bhatta.
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What is special about Tamil?

In 2004 Tamil was declared a classical language of India, meaning that it met three criteria: its origins are ancient; it has an independent tradition; and it possesses a considerable body of ancient literature. In the early 21st century more than 66 million people were Tamil speakers.
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How old is Tamil?

Among Indian languages, Tamil has the most ancient non-Sanskritic Indian literature. Scholars categorise the attested history of the language into three periods: Old Tamil (300 BCE–700 CE), Middle Tamil (700–1600) and Modern Tamil (1600–present).
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