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Research suggests that Proto-Dravidian, the forerunner of Tamil, was spoken around the third millennium BCE. Hebrew is estimated by some to be least 1000 years older than that.
Some scholars believe Hebrew evolved from a Canaanite dialect late in the tenth century BCE, long after Proto-Dravidian.
Others date it back to more than 12,000 years, long before the Hebrew tribe became monotheistic.
Jewish tradition states that Hebrew was the language with which God created the world (Rashi commentary, Genesis 2:23, quoting the midrash). Thus, certain Hebrew Psalms (92 and 139) and teachings are attributed to Adam, the first man.
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∙ 6y agoIt is really impossible to know, since both languages are older than writing. People who speak Tamil believe it is older than Hebrew, and people who speak or are familiar with Hebrew believe it is older than Tamil.
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∙ 9y agoTamil is the oldest living language
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What is the oldest language in Asia?
Tamil
What is the world's oldest African language?
tamil language
Which one is the oldest language in the world?
Tamil is considered to be the oldest language with current
Which is the oldest living language?
It is difficult to determine the "oldest" living language definitively, as languages evolve continuously over time. However, languages such as Tamil, Hebrew, and Chinese have ancient roots and are considered some of the oldest continuously spoken languages in the world.
Which is the oldest south Indian language?
Tamil
Is Tamil the world's oldest language?
No. Sanskrit is older; probably the oldest.
What is the the oldest spoken language in the world?
It is difficult to pinpoint the absolute oldest spoken language in the world, as languages evolve over time. However, some of the oldest languages still spoken today include Tamil, Hebrew, and Basque.
Which is the oldest language among Dravidian languages?
As my knowledge the tamil is oldest language among dravidian language
Which is The largest Dravidian language in India?
Tamil is considered as the oldest language amongst the Dravidian languages.
Is Chinese one of the oldest language?
Chinese is not one of the oldest languages. It is old, but languages such as Sanskrit and Tamil are considered the oldest.
What does Tamil means?
Tamil means language in the oldest dravidian language in sangam period. currently there is a south indian language which is formed with same name from the same old dravidian language. but the word tamil only means "language" or "lingua" or "bhasha" or "bahasa" and it has four derivatives which are kannada, malayalam,tamil and telugu.
Before Latin which language was most common?
Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest attested language of the Indo-Iranian language family. It is the language of the Vedas, the oldest Shruti texts of Hinduism, compiled over the period of the mid 4th to mid 3rd millennium BCE. It can be said that Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Tamazight, Hebrew and Tamil are the oldest major languages which are still spoken today.What_is_the_world's_oldest_language
