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title: "Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken"  
description: "According to Ethnologue, 7,097 languages are spoken today. Here's Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-01  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1463/some-oldest-languages-in-the-world-still-spoken  
category: "book and writing"  
tags: ["Language", "oldest language", "world", "litrature"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken

![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/eba3e001-da56-41f9-ac9a-3ac8e064b83b.jpeg) ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/7967cf16-f18f-45d2-9745-f417424c3461.jpeg) Hebrew Year: 10th century BCE Country/Area of Origin: Israel Number of speakers: Over 9 million people worldwide ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/89653efe-ae76-4b2a-8244-973fd712c57e.jpeg) Basque Year: Unknown Country/Area of Origin: Basque country Number of speakers: 750,000 people approximately ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/761297a3-4c2c-40e1-9803-e55c7636671d.jpeg) Tamil Year: 300 BCE Country/Area of Origin: India and Sri Lanka Number of speakers: Over 80 million approximately ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/6b2313a3-e44e-4230-969a-e39a2774c3e4.jpeg) Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world, with 270 million native speakers. ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/ce42132a-9079-444c-a275-376f75ba2cf0.jpeg) Farsi/ Persian Year: 600 BCE Country/Area of Origin: Iran Number of speakers: 110 million people approximately ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/bb5a3285-006e-4a7a-824f-6ffc1d0d2be2.jpeg) Greek Year: the earliest written evidence dates back to 1450-1350 BCE Country/Area of Origin: Greece Number of speakers: 13 million people approximate ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/0d3cb0b3-e472-4ae6-a996-d703c3811209.jpeg) Chinese Year: 1250 BCE Country/Area of Origin: China and parts of Southeast Asia Number of speakers: 1.2 billion approximately ![Some Oldest Languages In The World Still Spoken](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d956a392-4e29-4cc2-baf7-54763838ef74/images/363136e4-fb14-407b-8a2b-05ce76a55924.jpeg) Lithuanian Year: Assumed to be 1500 AD Country/Area of Origin: Baltic region Number of speakers: 3 million people approximately

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