The oldest language

the oldest still in use? i'd have to vote sanskrit,or variants of mandarin. but i'm pretty sure sanskrit's the oldest.

Perhaps for me, Aramaic is considered to be the oldest language in the world simply because its never been used and heard often especially in Ethyiopia. They say they still use this old language... but not that popular

I am not sure of THE oldest language in the whole world but I know that Latin, Greek and Aramaic are pretty old languages.

Well, the oldest written one is Cuneiform from Sumeria, I believe? I do not know..nor does any scholar know the first spoken one, as it was not recorded. Probably it was in East Africa somewhere, because from what I believe the oldest know fossils of humans have been found there. -Whether a grunt that everyone understood or..whatever..seems like the location is a good bet. But no one currently living has ever heard it.

i did some quick research and it turns up that the oldest languageS of mankind are Egyptian and Sumerian, which were spoken since 3000 BC till now! that's old, huh? but some people say that the icelandic is the oldest language, but this fact was objected even though there are no proofs! So, what language do you speak as native? I speak Albanian, and it's not that old as Egyptian or Sumerian!