the emergence of language itself in human evolution
origin of language
proto-language, a stage before the emergence of language proper
mythical origins of language
a Proto-human language, the hypothetical, most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages
the date of attestation in writing (epigraphy).
see list of languages by first written accounts.
the conservative nature of a given language (low rate of language change, viz. "old" in the sense of "has not changed much for a long time"), see
glottochronology
historical linguistics
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"Oldestlanguage" may refer to: the emergence of language itself in human evolution origin of language proto-language, a stage before the emergence of...
This is a list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language. It does not include undeciphered...
This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are...
lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days. The oldest person ever whose age has been independently...
This is a list of the oldest existing universities in continuous operation in the world. Inclusion in this list is determined by the date at which the...
to 8,000 BC. Even the latest plausible dating makes Afroasiatic the oldestlanguage family accepted by contemporary linguists. Comparative study of Afroasiatic...
This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known church buildings in the world. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed...
This is a list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual tree vary. In addition, tree ages...
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015...
This list of the oldest companies in the world includes brands and companies, excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations...
This is a list of oldest extant buildings. A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or...
This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories Acting and Directing. This list is based on "statistics...
This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined...
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which...
following is a list of the world's oldest surviving physical documents. Each entry is the most ancient of each language or civilization. For example, the...
largest cities throughout history, including ones no longer inhabited List of oldest extant buildings It is salient to the discussion of continuous habitation...
language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The namesake of the language...
mothers over age 50 (four per 100,000 births), with 194 being over 55. The oldest recorded mother to date to conceive was 74 years. According to statistics...
listed languages are Negrito languages, the oldestlanguages in the Philippines. There have been numerous proposals to conserve the many languages of the...
in India, after Hindi and Bengali. The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard...
is a diversity of languages within our islands. I am proud to be speaking to you in one of the oldest of these, Welsh, the language of Wales." He described...
first conclusive evidence (1291) Beverley Grammar School, (contested) oldest Grammar School in England (700) Sherborne School, England (705) Willibald-Gymnasium [de]...
known. The oldest female orangutan ever (and oldest orangutan overall) was Puan, who reached to the final age of 65 years, 167 days. The oldest male orangutan...
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over several centuries before the introduction of writing, the oldest Aryan language among them predating the introduction of Brahmi by as much as a...
and present-day country. European colonization of the Americas List of oldest continuously inhabited cities https://www.history.com/topics/mexico/pue...
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