
Tamil
Tamil is believed to have originated between 2300 -2700 years ago. The first records of written Tamil appear around the 2nd Century BCE on the walls of caves in the Tamil Brahmi script. The Old Tamil of this time is a far cry from the modern Tamil...
Arabic
Arabic belongs to the family of Semitic languages which include Aramaic and Hebrew. In it's written form, Arabic inscriptions are common after the birth of Islam, around the 7th Century CE. However, this language is believed to have been born a fe...
Sanskrit
The Sanskrit language is nearly 3,500 years old. Sanskrit is often considered to be the 'mother of all languages'. Most Indian languages have originated from Sanskrit. Although it is commonly not spoken today it still has enormous significance and...
Latin
The origins of Latin are unclear. It is believe to have been brought to Italy around 1000 BCE by a group of Indo-European immigrants. Latin became the offical language of the Roman empire and quickly spread through it's frontiers and beyond. Curre...
Hebrew
Hebrew is classified as a Semitic language. It is the language of the Jewish people and is mentioned several times in the Bible. Hebrew is truly an ancient language with it's oldest written records making an appearance almost 12,000 years ago. Mos...
Chinese
Chinese is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world today with over 1.3 billion people speaking it. Old Chinese was the common language of the Zhou dynasty which ruled China between the 11th and 7th Centuries BCE. Chinese is an incredi...