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Widely considered one of the oldest languages still in use. It is a Dravidian language with a rich literary tradition that dates back over 2,000 years. Tamil is spoken by millions of people in India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.
The Greek language has a documented history of over 3,000 years, with the earliest written records found in Mycenaean Greek around 1450 BCE. Modern Greek has evolved from this ancient form, and it is still spoken by millions today.
A Semitic language with roots dating back to around 1000 BCE. Hebrew ceased to be a daily spoken language around 200 CE but was preserved as a liturgical language for centuries. It was successfully revived in the 19th and 20th centuries and is now the official language of Israel.
Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, evolved from Old Persian, with its earliest records dating back to around 522 BCE. Modern Farsi is highly intelligible to speakers of its ancient forms.
The Chinese written language is one of the oldest continuously used writing systems in the world, with records dating back over 3,000 years to the Shang dynasty. Modern Chinese varieties, such as Mandarin and Cantonese, are descendants of these ancient roots.
A Semitic language with a history stretching back to the 11th century BCE. Today, it survives in various dialects spoken by small communities.
A unique language isolate spoken in the Basque Country of northern Spain and southwestern France. It has no known relation to any other language family and is one of the oldest languages on the continent.