Today there are so many languages both ancient and relatively young;both artificial and natural;both living and dead.Of course, the right to exist is one of them, just because they all enjoyed at least some number of people, so they need.In the end, many believe (and rightly so) that it was articulate speech and possess their own language makes us human.
But perhaps every once thought about what the origins are ancient languages, they have survived and which one is the oldest.Unfortunately, the answer to this question does not exist until now.
Of course, if we talk about language as such, it is the most ancient sign language.But what about the oral option?
On this subject, there is a very interesting story about a king who, like the reader, became interested in the question of the proto-language.For the purposes of this experiment, the governor told an inquisitive locked in a hut two babies, never in my life heard of human speech.It was done then, that children "remembered" the ancient languages, supposedly inherent in their genes.The baby did not die of hunger, they were regularly brought milch goat milk which they grew up.
And so, one day, the grown kids uttered his first word, and it sounded like this: "bekos."Pharaoh ordered his subjects to find people in the language that has a word.Ironically, it was found - in the Phrygian language "bekos" means "bread."
Of course, this experiment made it clear that something only the pharaoh, as a modern reader can easily see that there are more ancient languages than Phrygian.
Today oldest recognized several languages.
So, Sumerian writing was first attested in 3200 BCE.
first mention of the Akkadian language, spoken by the inhabitants of ancient Mesopotamia refers to 2800 BC.
Root Egyptian language is also very ancient.The first written evidence of its existence refers to the year 3400 BC.
Semites have existed own language - once very popular, but now dead.He was called elabskogo, and it exists, the least since 2400 BC.
in ancient Minoan Crete widely used language, which flourished in the whole of the second century BC.
Hittite Empire in the period of its prosperity has created its own language called Hittite.Its origin refers to 1650 BC.
One of the oldest - not only in terms of speech, but writing is Greek, the first mention of which belongs to the year 1400 BC.
Chinese originated around the 11th century BC.Today he talks a great number of people.
So, from the above it can be concluded that many of the ancient languages of the world, there are to this day, and this means that their history is constantly updated, and they are improving.
However, there is another worthwhile language to be mentioned.It is the language of ancient India, Sanskrit.
origin of classical Sanskrit refers to the experts 4th century BC, but even eight centuries before he was born Sanskrit epic, and its related Vedic language arose in the twentieth century BC.
Despite more than its age, it still survives in its entirety, should be grateful for what the ancient sages, who stood on the protection of the sacred text of the Vedas, and all Vedic language.Due to the method invented by them, their students could memorize the entire holy book entirely, and then transfer their knowledge to a new generation.
In Sanskrit, say to this day, there are people who are talking to him in everyday life.
Of course, in addition to ancient India Sanskrit there were other ancient languages, but none of them are written so many great works as the language of the Vedas.
