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What is the oldest language ever spoken?

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Everyone wants their language to be the oldest, but the truth is, that written language doesn't go back very far in Human history, and without artifacts of writing, we can't tell what was going on with language, or how it evolved. We can only theorize.

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i know it is because i am lithuanian!!:)

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