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This is a difficult question, as most living languages today have developed out of other languages, making them extremely old. There are newer languages, but most of the major languages spoken today are very old. Read more here: http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1g2b90/to_the_best_of_our_knowledge_what_is_the_oldest/

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