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1. Egyptian: 2690 BC – Present (about 4700 years old) Used as Liturgical language in the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt

2. Sanskrit: 1500 BC – Present (about 3500 years old) Used as Liturgical language in Hinduism and Buddhism; a few thousand daily speakers in India

3. Greek: 1450 BC – Present (about 3500 years old) Greece, Cyprus, Albania, and Greek communities globally

4. Chinese: 1250 BC – Present (about 3300 years old) China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Chinese communities worldwide

5. Aramaic: 1100 BC – Present (about 3100 years old) Now in small, isolated communities of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey

6. Hebrew: 1000 BC–200 CE, 1800 – Present (about 3000 years old) Israel and Jewish communities globally

7. Farsi: 522 BC – Present (circa. 2500 years old) Spoken now in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Persian communities globally

8. Tamil: 300 BC – Present (circa. 2300 years old) India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, and Tamil diaspora communities

9. Korean: no later than 57 BC – Present (circa. 2100 years old) North and South Korea

10. Italian: as a descendent of Latin, 100 BC – Present (circa. 2100 years old) Italy

If Yoruba dey there and igbo no dey or igbo dey there and yoruba no dey, this ground would have been brutal

Wrong!
The oldest language is the language all humanity was speaking before the Tower of Babel. See below (Genesis 11)

But how them take form all this languages sef, sometimes I wonder how but I think there is an explanation to it na me never come across am...

FreeIgboho:
Wrong!
The oldest language is the language all humanity was speaking before the Tower of Babel. See below (Genesis 11)

do you have a written evidence. All languages above have text dated back to the years mentioned

HawkTuahGirl:
do you have a written evidence. All languages above have text dated back to the years mentioned

The Bible.
The Bible is the written evidence