What is the oldest language known to man?

Sumerian can be considered the first language in the world, according to Mondly. The oldest proof of written Sumerian was found on the Kish tablet in today's Iraq, dating back to approximately 3500 BC.

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What is the oldest spoken language in the world?

1. Tamil (5000 years old) - Oldest Living Language of the World. Source Spoken by 78 million people and official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore, Tamil is the oldest language in the world. It is the only ancient language that has survived all the way to the modern world.

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Is Sanskrit older than Tamil?

However, it is generally acknowledged that Tamil has one of the oldest written traditions among living languages, while Sanskrit has been recognized as one of the oldest recorded languages in the world.

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Is Tamil older than Chinese?

Though we can not ascertain the world's oldest language, other languages including Chinese and Egyptian are older than Tamil.

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Is Tamil mother of all languages?

"Tamil is not only an international language, it is like a mother of all languages in the world,"' he said. Tamil scholar Devaneya Pavanar had established that Tamil is the primary classical language of the world, he said.

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What language did Adam & Eve speak?

The Adamic language, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden.

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What language did Jesus speak?

Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.

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What 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. It is currently the official language of the Roman Catholic Church and the official language of the Vatican City. Like Sanskrit, it is a classical language.

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Who is the mother of all languages?

In the beginning, Sanskrit stood as mother of all languages and encouraged all languages and was the reason for their growth and prosperity. One may note that most of the works in Sanskrit have been translated into other Indian languages.”

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What is the hardest language to learn?

Across multiple sources, Mandarin Chinese is the number one language listed as the most challenging to learn. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center puts Mandarin in Category IV, which is the list of the most difficult languages to learn for English speakers.

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What is the youngest language still spoken?

The world's youngest language, coming in at only 100 years old (officially), is the South African language of Afrikaans. Surprised? Afrikaans, the natively spoken language of 7 million South Africans, was born from the white Dutch, French, and German colonizers in South Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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What was Jesus real name?

Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.

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How do you say God in Aramaic?

Elahi (אֱלָהִי‎) is an Aramaic word meaning "My God". Elah means "god", with the suffix -i meaning "my." Being Aramaic and not Hebrew (there is no singular possessive for "god" in Biblical Hebrew), in the Old Testament, Elahi is found only in the books of Ezra and Daniel.

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Is Speaking in Tongues a language?

While various religious leaders throughout history purported to believe that glossolalia was actually just speaking a foreign language, the reality is that it's just a string of meaningless sounds, and often the speaker isn't even aware of what they're saying.

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What language will we speak in heaven?

Some have said that may be the “tongues of angels” Paul mentioned in 1 Corinthians 13:1. Others suggest our Heavenly language will be music, which is understood in any language; or perhaps it will be the language of love – God's love returned to him and others.

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What did humans sound like before language?

Intuitively, one might speculate that hominids (human ancestors) started by grunting or hooting or crying out, and 'gradually' this 'somehow' developed into the sort of language we have today.

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In which language did God speak to Moses?

' Again in Exodus 33:11: 'So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend. ' Moses should have been able to speak at least two languages: Hebrew and Egyptian. It is unlikely that God will introduce Himself to Moses as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and then speak to him in Egyptian.

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Are Allah and God the same?

Allah is usually thought to mean “the god” (al-ilah) in Arabic and is probably cognate with rather than derived from the Aramaic Alaha. All Muslims and most Christians acknowledge that they believe in the same god even though their understandings differ.

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Why do Muslims call God Allah?

Allah, Arabic Allāh (“God”), the one and only God in Islam. Etymologically, the name Allah is probably a contraction of the Arabic al-Ilāh, “the God.” The name's origin can be traced to the earliest Semitic writings in which the word for god was il, el, or eloah, the latter two used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).

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What did Jesus say on the cross?

Luke 23:45b-46: And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.

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Did Jesus have a last name?

The answer is Jesus didn't have a formal last name or surname like we do today.

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How tall was Jesus?

He may have stood about 5-ft.-5-in. (166 cm) tall, the average man's height at the time.

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What is the rarest language ever spoken?

Kawishana is the rarest language in the world.

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What language will we speak in 2050?

According to the Engco Forecasting Model explained above, the 5 most spoken languages in 2050 will be Mandarin, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic. The key drivers behind the continued rise in popularity of these languages include population growth, economic predictions and national language policy.

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