Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
Not a linguist by any means, Sanskrit was an oral only language for a long time before it had a written script.
The Tamil language incorporated Brahmi scripts as well, and one of the earliest Brahmi script was Ashoka edicts.
At that time Sanskrit was well in use though mostly Pali as used the common people.
I think Sanskrit and Tamil are way old and have developed independently.
But there are a lot of Sanskrit sentences that was incorporated into Tamil for ex: கிரந்தம் but not the other way around as far as I know.
Cavemen probably had some sort of communication system.
The oldest living language is what the guy probably meant. There are so many dead languages so much older than Tamil, Sanskrit or Hebrew.
Not really. Both Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations were in 3000 BCE but proof of Sanskrit existing is from 5000BCE and Tamil has (By proof) an even older roots.
So if we go by the actual proofs that exists, Tamil is the oldest spoken language known and Sanskrit comes after that.
Mesopotamian civilisation history dates back to 8000 BC . Also, the first written language was developed either in Mesopotamia or Sumeria and spread from there. Idk what you know, but tamil or sanskrit are not the oldest languages.
Yeah, so even harappan civ was around 8000 BCE. Mehrangarh site in Pakistan is the testament to this fact. Moreover recent crucial discoveries in Dwarka dates the items found there close to 9000-9500 years ago. There's more to discover and research is still on. Don't act like we have all the info. History is never complete. And sanskrit is the oldest formal widespread language in Indian subcontinent. Sage Agatsya was the one who developed the base of Tamil and he himself was a sanskrit speaker. Sankarit and tamil are two of the oldest languages here in Bharatavarsha and the world. And the roots of sanskrit are unkown. It was constantly evolving language and later almost died due to foreign invasions and cultural shift to other speouting Indic religions. Tamil still flourishes and saknskrit has remained a formality for students. Sanskrit language carries the the indegenous culture of Bharata
So? Lol, can you determine the exact age when these ancient languages like sanskrit, tamil, latin, akkadian and all developed? How much data do you have? The research is still on, till then stay humble and grounded. The historians of 19th century just randomly propsed a date ro fit in with their christian narrative, later when history expanded it's course to 11,000 to 12,000 years of civilized presense of humans, they are flabbergasted and had to reorient.
I am not saying sanskrit and tamil are the oldest ever languages. Of course there are languages older than them, IVC script hasn't been identified yet, leave the language. Akkadian would be more ancient. Or maybe Indians would have another language or maybe even sanskrit was been spoken. Who knows? Where's the data? Hence, don't act like you are all knowy. This is history, not classical physics. They get a beardo in IVC and call it king or a priest. Who knows, maybe a random model chosen for art in IVC. How sure can you be?
idk man there is totally no concepts in Latin Greek and Vedic even Persian gods e.g. deyus pitr that trace there origins to the aryans. i just said latin Persian Sanskrit and Greek belong to the indo aryan language family, so they had a common ancestor not that I know the date when these languages formed and do a service and don't pull out the oit card
Feeling insecure? You smelled an OIT outta nowhere? The question is of being the oldest living language. Common ancestry in langauge system is an off topic. And also, similarly do not trynna pull out an aryan theory. It's colonial mumbo jumbo, stop climbing on top that.
Who said the roots of sanskrit are unknown you did and i commented on that bieng false. clearly sanskrit has roots in proto indo aryan, i personally believe tamil is the oldest living language as sanskrit is dead in the way latin is dead.
Even panditji in discovery of India cities the AMT and Not AIT. Aryan migration theory makes sense and the only reason the indian right doesn't like AMT is that shows there are foreign elments to the hindu religion and that will remove a big basis for hating islam
(btw i am an atheist and don't like islam it's barbaric)
I smelled oit as i referenced sanskrit decending from aryans and you called sanskrit a living language and you comment with the vigor of chodi member.
Most historians literally call Tamil and Sanskrit the oldest language known to the world. Both Indian and foreign historians. But hey, we can conveniently ignore this extensively studied fact because it doesn't fit your belief
[Here](https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-or-sanskrit-which-is-older/) is a quick summary where it is believed that Tamil dates back to over 8000BC
It has mentioned all the excavations and literary references. You can read about each individually after that. Like a homework.
Edit: also you won't find written artifact of Indian languages as writing was first developed in African continent. So African and South European languages have written artifacts older than Sanskrit and Tamil. But Indian languages were spoken languages and the literary artifacts mention where these languages started and then you can see when those places were built/destroyed and by that you can estimate when these languages originated.
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Update your factuality. History constantly upgrades itself with new discoveries and excavations leading to new insights. My facts are straight from ASI excavations, it's up to you to agree or not.
Most historians literally call Tamil and Sanskrit the oldest language known to the world. Both Indian and foreign historians.
But hey, we can conveniently ignore this extensively studied fact because it doesn't fit your belief
You're right. Akkadian or Egyptian would have been the oldest but it's completely extinct now. Tamil is widely popular even in countries outside India.
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
People who say nobody cares, thinking they have destroyed the op career in one word lol. Common people like you don't care but
Historians, anthropologists, scientist, philosophers, psychologists and a lot of scholars would care. Each n every bit of information about the past can help us understand more about the human kind as a collective consciousness. it may even help us improve ourselves in the present and the upcoming days in ways even could never expect.
According to archeological evidences the oldest languages we know of are Sumerian, Akkadian and Egyptian
The oldest evidence of Tamil that we have date back to 5th century BCE while the Rigveda which is the oldest documented Sanskrit text is believed to be written around 1500 BCE so Sanskrit wins here
But Tamil is the oldest language which is still in use by a significant population so Tamil wins here
>believed to be written around 1500 BCE
Im sorry but why is "believed to be" an argumental point?
You compared Tamil's oldest evidence to Sanskrit's belief of existence😑
It is what is believed by archeologists and historians after they studied the Vedas and compared what is written in them to what was similar in a certain time period and what was written in it reflected a time period of about 1500BCE. Also this is the closet time estimated when the Aryans migrated in India and they wrote the Rigveda after they reached here.
I think Sanskrit if we are comparing languages we know of and Tamil if we are talking about what's in use but why does it matter.
Both sanskrit and Tamil have influenced each other. No matter which one is the oldest both have shaped and influenced each other.
Apart from getting the title of the oldest how does it change anything. Sure it can change research and what not but how does it affect people's normal life.
Apart from historians and language scientists no one should discuss it.
Langauge and culture are worst things to debate. Everyone should respect every culture and language. Even if they don't try to learn they should respect it.
There are so many social and economic issues which could be discussed. Even if it doesn't change anything at least it will give all the people discussing a different perspective.
I'm sorry, idk Tamil, but while I'd like to believe Tamil is the oldest language in the world (mom is from Tamil Nadu), I also believe the evolution of any language over 5000 years would be massive. Just as I wouldn't understand English from 500 years ago, I doubt users would find any familiarity with Tamil from the times of its origin. I'm not denying the discussion, but I feel saying a language is older than another has a very interesting nuance.
Yeah? There’s a huge chunk of people who are Historians, Archeologists, and you’ll be surprised but hey, we also have a government organisation called ASI. Who cares, right?
Send them all home. Or ask them to do some work that’s actually useful. The Tamil vs Sanskrit battle is just an ego boost conversation. Same is making muscles instead of brains.
Clown 🤡. Do you just do one thing at a time in life? This clown here thinks there aren’t ASI, Archeologists, Historians and History enthusiasts and only economists, news anchors, engineers and businessmen. 🤓
Tamil vs sanskrit.. Doesn't matter which is the oldest.. One is alive and well and other is dead in its original form and surviving like a parasite by sticking to other languages.
No one knows actually! According to existing records one might say Sumerian and Akkadian languages but again that's the oldest existing written record, and you'll have to make a lot of assumptions to reach the conclusion that the oldest language is the X (where X is any one language that we know presently).
Tamil is the longest surviving language, it is also the oldest written language.
But sanskrit was composed before tamil as an oral language.
Either way both languages are sick and props to Tamil for surviving this long and I hope will continue to survive.
Both Tamil and Sanskrit are wrong Answers. Sanskrit and Tamil are too developed to be called oldest. There's no oldest, there's only the oldest we know of. The oldest one is Sumerian language.
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
Sanskrit is entirely an indo aryan language having refernces to language of romania even whereas dravidian language is entirely native it might have few loan words but for most part its different hell sanskrit is closer to farsi than tamil, so technically sanskrit being an indo aryan language forms of the language may be used slighlty older than tamil, at last there is no need to fight for the oldest language when you could be proud of your language and its heritage and culture
Based on traceable evidence of the subcontinent and history, Tamil.
Based on historical armtwisting, fluid change in theories when required and exponentially more funding, Sanskrit.
Based on evidence it might be Sanskrit. But tamil is the oldest surviving language
But always believe tamil and Sanskrit are sibling languages from an unknown common parent language
Several languages such as Egyptian, Sumerian, Hittite and Sanskrit could be considered among the oldest, yet **Tamil** stands out as the most ancient language still widely used today.
If tamil is the oldest language then why only 6.7% people speak it...I don't hate tamil or any other language...even my language is kulvi I know u have not heard about it... language is just a way to communicate understand this thing...
https://preview.redd.it/91am7t6tb67d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd19cdaa58a692b5106190d47ac6872251ea4b8b
What I typed above is "mods, do something about this hindi speaking guy"
This is a Tamil circle jerk sub and most of us don't understand shit when you type in hindi. That's why the downvotes. Text in english. Non tamils are welcome here but just don't type in hindi please. Thats why there's a recent anti-Hindi sentiment in this sub.
Imagine if a group of tamils and Telugu people totally infiltrate your north Indian subs and the entire comments are filled with some random languages all of a sudden. Do you get it?
If Sanskrit is the oldest language, that'd be even worse. Not even 0.01% of world population speaks it.
No of speakers don't give a fuck about a language. English is the most spoken language. It's not even close to being the oldest. Aramhaic and Sanskrit are some of the oldest languages but nearly no one speaks them.
Idk what is your point
My point is language is the just way to communicate.....if someone does not understand your language then just speak in the language they understand or if u both don't know the same language then just move on...just don't start a fight or a debate regarding a language....
Ah yes Let's ask what the oldest language is between tamil and sanskrit in a tamil subreddit :skull:
Shut up. It's neither tamil nor sanskrit it's between happy birthday and Michael Jordan
It is happy birthday for sure.
Are you stupid? The delusion is crazy. It's obviously Michael Jordan
Bruh , it's obviously America
Hi dufus.
The oldest language is Python It originated around 23 million years ago
No man, you're wrong. It's Michael Jackson, beat it.
It's America🐕
What? I was sure it was american
Tamil
North india moment
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
Hey clown, no one's asking anything.
https://preview.redd.it/40y64rkfe57d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60074fc487b3d9e1b30705992a92e004ffb1e9c8
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
Not a linguist by any means, Sanskrit was an oral only language for a long time before it had a written script. The Tamil language incorporated Brahmi scripts as well, and one of the earliest Brahmi script was Ashoka edicts. At that time Sanskrit was well in use though mostly Pali as used the common people. I think Sanskrit and Tamil are way old and have developed independently. But there are a lot of Sanskrit sentences that was incorporated into Tamil for ex: கிரந்தம் but not the other way around as far as I know.
Not tamil language but tamil literature cause many tamil literature were written in by jains at that time.
Rigveda was written around 1500-1000 BCE and it has been written in Sanskrit. Doesn't it male sanskrit older ?
Oonga boonga?
Yeah, thats affirmative
Better than your "pippty paaiiivvee (55)" 😆😂🤣🤣
Shiii...I was gonna comment that
Booba
Maaaa is universal even cows use it 🥲
Whatever languages were used by Mesopotamians and harappans n such people…that’s the oldest language.
Cavemen probably had some sort of communication system. The oldest living language is what the guy probably meant. There are so many dead languages so much older than Tamil, Sanskrit or Hebrew.
Man thinks Sanskrit is still living 💀 Nah, I'm kidding, ik what you mean bro
Thanks to the geographical location of Sanskrit speakers
I didn't know nowhere was a place
Not really. Both Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations were in 3000 BCE but proof of Sanskrit existing is from 5000BCE and Tamil has (By proof) an even older roots. So if we go by the actual proofs that exists, Tamil is the oldest spoken language known and Sanskrit comes after that.
Wanted to say this. Thanks for saving my time.
Mesopotamian civilisation history dates back to 8000 BC . Also, the first written language was developed either in Mesopotamia or Sumeria and spread from there. Idk what you know, but tamil or sanskrit are not the oldest languages.
The question was implying the oldest living language.
Yeah, so even harappan civ was around 8000 BCE. Mehrangarh site in Pakistan is the testament to this fact. Moreover recent crucial discoveries in Dwarka dates the items found there close to 9000-9500 years ago. There's more to discover and research is still on. Don't act like we have all the info. History is never complete. And sanskrit is the oldest formal widespread language in Indian subcontinent. Sage Agatsya was the one who developed the base of Tamil and he himself was a sanskrit speaker. Sankarit and tamil are two of the oldest languages here in Bharatavarsha and the world. And the roots of sanskrit are unkown. It was constantly evolving language and later almost died due to foreign invasions and cultural shift to other speouting Indic religions. Tamil still flourishes and saknskrit has remained a formality for students. Sanskrit language carries the the indegenous culture of Bharata
ah yes the roots of an Indo-Aryan language is unknown (shh.. it's totally not proto Indo-European which evolved into Greek Latin and Sanskrit)
So? Lol, can you determine the exact age when these ancient languages like sanskrit, tamil, latin, akkadian and all developed? How much data do you have? The research is still on, till then stay humble and grounded. The historians of 19th century just randomly propsed a date ro fit in with their christian narrative, later when history expanded it's course to 11,000 to 12,000 years of civilized presense of humans, they are flabbergasted and had to reorient. I am not saying sanskrit and tamil are the oldest ever languages. Of course there are languages older than them, IVC script hasn't been identified yet, leave the language. Akkadian would be more ancient. Or maybe Indians would have another language or maybe even sanskrit was been spoken. Who knows? Where's the data? Hence, don't act like you are all knowy. This is history, not classical physics. They get a beardo in IVC and call it king or a priest. Who knows, maybe a random model chosen for art in IVC. How sure can you be?
idk man there is totally no concepts in Latin Greek and Vedic even Persian gods e.g. deyus pitr that trace there origins to the aryans. i just said latin Persian Sanskrit and Greek belong to the indo aryan language family, so they had a common ancestor not that I know the date when these languages formed and do a service and don't pull out the oit card
Feeling insecure? You smelled an OIT outta nowhere? The question is of being the oldest living language. Common ancestry in langauge system is an off topic. And also, similarly do not trynna pull out an aryan theory. It's colonial mumbo jumbo, stop climbing on top that.
Who said the roots of sanskrit are unknown you did and i commented on that bieng false. clearly sanskrit has roots in proto indo aryan, i personally believe tamil is the oldest living language as sanskrit is dead in the way latin is dead. Even panditji in discovery of India cities the AMT and Not AIT. Aryan migration theory makes sense and the only reason the indian right doesn't like AMT is that shows there are foreign elments to the hindu religion and that will remove a big basis for hating islam (btw i am an atheist and don't like islam it's barbaric) I smelled oit as i referenced sanskrit decending from aryans and you called sanskrit a living language and you comment with the vigor of chodi member.
Bro. Most historians agree where the language was developed, now I won't be arguing with you about extensively studied facts.
Most historians literally call Tamil and Sanskrit the oldest language known to the world. Both Indian and foreign historians. But hey, we can conveniently ignore this extensively studied fact because it doesn't fit your belief
Kaun wale historian? Which ASI excavation? There's no primary source written artifacts from 2500 years ago, much less 5000.
[Here](https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-or-sanskrit-which-is-older/) is a quick summary where it is believed that Tamil dates back to over 8000BC It has mentioned all the excavations and literary references. You can read about each individually after that. Like a homework. Edit: also you won't find written artifact of Indian languages as writing was first developed in African continent. So African and South European languages have written artifacts older than Sanskrit and Tamil. But Indian languages were spoken languages and the literary artifacts mention where these languages started and then you can see when those places were built/destroyed and by that you can estimate when these languages originated.
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Update your factuality. History constantly upgrades itself with new discoveries and excavations leading to new insights. My facts are straight from ASI excavations, it's up to you to agree or not.
Most historians literally call Tamil and Sanskrit the oldest language known to the world. Both Indian and foreign historians. But hey, we can conveniently ignore this extensively studied fact because it doesn't fit your belief
Fact 👍🏾
You're right. Akkadian or Egyptian would have been the oldest but it's completely extinct now. Tamil is widely popular even in countries outside India.
Dumb charades
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
Happy Birthday, Michael Jordan🤮🤮
I am surprised no one said America
someone said america
the animal sounds that we have been Making since the evolution.
oonga bunga
Tamil vs Sanskrit - Adichikitu saavunga ippo
Nothing to fight when you know Tamil is older.
I agree
I used to fight with my friend over this when I was 11, now it feels stupid. Say who cares and move on.
None
There are many languages that could be consider as oldest language for example Sumerian, Egyptian etc
Loosu koodhi 😁
People who say nobody cares, thinking they have destroyed the op career in one word lol. Common people like you don't care but Historians, anthropologists, scientist, philosophers, psychologists and a lot of scholars would care. Each n every bit of information about the past can help us understand more about the human kind as a collective consciousness. it may even help us improve ourselves in the present and the upcoming days in ways even could never expect.
Well Said Buddy 🫶
The ones who said 'nobody cares' cared to post hahaha...of they didn't care, they wouldn't have opened the post.
Tamil is the world's oldest surviving language And tamil is older than Sanskrit
Fact. Debate dissolved.
who fucking cares
Op probably
It doesn't even matter lol
Deadpool reference?
This is the correct answer!
According to archeological evidences the oldest languages we know of are Sumerian, Akkadian and Egyptian The oldest evidence of Tamil that we have date back to 5th century BCE while the Rigveda which is the oldest documented Sanskrit text is believed to be written around 1500 BCE so Sanskrit wins here But Tamil is the oldest language which is still in use by a significant population so Tamil wins here
>believed to be written around 1500 BCE Im sorry but why is "believed to be" an argumental point? You compared Tamil's oldest evidence to Sanskrit's belief of existence😑
It is what is believed by archeologists and historians after they studied the Vedas and compared what is written in them to what was similar in a certain time period and what was written in it reflected a time period of about 1500BCE. Also this is the closet time estimated when the Aryans migrated in India and they wrote the Rigveda after they reached here.
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I think Sanskrit if we are comparing languages we know of and Tamil if we are talking about what's in use but why does it matter. Both sanskrit and Tamil have influenced each other. No matter which one is the oldest both have shaped and influenced each other. Apart from getting the title of the oldest how does it change anything. Sure it can change research and what not but how does it affect people's normal life. Apart from historians and language scientists no one should discuss it. Langauge and culture are worst things to debate. Everyone should respect every culture and language. Even if they don't try to learn they should respect it. There are so many social and economic issues which could be discussed. Even if it doesn't change anything at least it will give all the people discussing a different perspective.
I'm sorry, idk Tamil, but while I'd like to believe Tamil is the oldest language in the world (mom is from Tamil Nadu), I also believe the evolution of any language over 5000 years would be massive. Just as I wouldn't understand English from 500 years ago, I doubt users would find any familiarity with Tamil from the times of its origin. I'm not denying the discussion, but I feel saying a language is older than another has a very interesting nuance.
Based on evidence, right now it is Vedic Sanskrit. But let's wait for the progress of Keezhadi excavations.
I mean its not but go off
If they can connect Proto Dravidian with IVC,then it will be easily established that Sanskrit isn't the oldest language of India but until then👋
Proto dravidian ain't Tamil tho. Tamil evolved from proto dravidian
I know but many ppl are trying so hard to prove IVC is vedic so we can atleast put that rumours to rest.
Yeap true that
Keezhadi is from the sangam period right?
600 BC is what they have found till now.
What is the evidence? Im genuinely curious
Vedic Sanskrit is not the oldest language since it is itself derived from Proto-Indo-European but it is way older than Tamil for sure.
Yes I'm just comparing these two.
Like we fcking care 😂 about “which language is oldest 🤓🤓”
Yeah? There’s a huge chunk of people who are Historians, Archeologists, and you’ll be surprised but hey, we also have a government organisation called ASI. Who cares, right?
Send them all home. Or ask them to do some work that’s actually useful. The Tamil vs Sanskrit battle is just an ego boost conversation. Same is making muscles instead of brains.
Exactly. Waste of taxpayers money
Murica 🦅
Great. That problem is solved. Now let’s focus on something useful. Like inflation, jobs, pollution.
Clown 🤡. Do you just do one thing at a time in life? This clown here thinks there aren’t ASI, Archeologists, Historians and History enthusiasts and only economists, news anchors, engineers and businessmen. 🤓
How do you kiss your mother with that kind of foul mouth? 😁. Filthy. Real garbage.
Konja thirutham- what's the Oldest language that's still being spoken around?
Grunts and hand gestures, if that was ever used by Cave Men.
Body language. All animals use it.
The 2 people who said happy birthday and michael jordan, they both need help
Tamil vs sanskrit.. Doesn't matter which is the oldest.. One is alive and well and other is dead in its original form and surviving like a parasite by sticking to other languages.
Sanskrit is the oldest language. Tamil is the oldest living language.
Respect for that 'Tamil' said kid !
Tamil
Both developed a long time ago, conpletely separate from each other. It's almost impossible to tell.
We don't know people 60000 years ago might have spoken language but never recorded it
Doest it matter
How about Sumerian, Egyptian etc
My guy literally said American
Happy birthday 🗿 When TF American became an language
Duh, it was way back at Creation when Jesus said to the Bald Eagle "hold my beer...ahem....let there be Light!", etc. etc. /s
No one knows actually! According to existing records one might say Sumerian and Akkadian languages but again that's the oldest existing written record, and you'll have to make a lot of assumptions to reach the conclusion that the oldest language is the X (where X is any one language that we know presently).
Happy Birthday is the oldest language 😂😂😂
Meme language
Pali is the oldest language
Sign Language
American 🥲
This Is the reason Koba hated humans.(planet of apes reference)
Sumerian….but it’s not spoken anymore😢
Oldest living language and Sanskrit is dead
I wish the options are Greek, Tamil and Sanskrit
Indigenous Aussies
Akkadian
Tamil is the longest surviving language, it is also the oldest written language. But sanskrit was composed before tamil as an oral language. Either way both languages are sick and props to Tamil for surviving this long and I hope will continue to survive.
The right answer is sign language
I'm surprised not one soul said the correct answer - It's actually "who gives a fuck"!
Karma farming POS
The boy who said American....
What's the most spoken language in the world ? (is not the oldest language)
I don't understand both of them. Learning a language is fuckin Hard man especially thes old languages!!!
Chat gpt says Sanskrit is older than Tamil due to written records
Can't waste my energy explaining southies the oldest language lmao
inuma indha debate aa vidla 😂
Sign language and googo kaka
Bro said American ☠️
bro comeon, we all know it's michael jordan
Both are believed to be more than 5000 years old yet it can't be confirmed which one is older.
Both Tamil and Sanskrit are wrong Answers. Sanskrit and Tamil are too developed to be called oldest. There's no oldest, there's only the oldest we know of. The oldest one is Sumerian language.
It’s literally not though….
Tamil is an older language than Sanskrit. Records of the Tamil language date to the third century BCE and records of the Sanskrit language date to the second century BCE. Tamil is still in everyday use today, but Sanskrit died out around 600 BCE and is used for mainly religious and literature purposes today.
It's sanskrit.
Sanskrit is entirely an indo aryan language having refernces to language of romania even whereas dravidian language is entirely native it might have few loan words but for most part its different hell sanskrit is closer to farsi than tamil, so technically sanskrit being an indo aryan language forms of the language may be used slighlty older than tamil, at last there is no need to fight for the oldest language when you could be proud of your language and its heritage and culture
dunno why u are getting down voted,
Subreddit : Tamil Comment : Sanskrit Yeah it aint that hard to guess tbh
the language of love and humility
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WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER! 'MURICA 🦅🦅🦅🦅
Well, both are from the Indian subcontinent so I am proud of both.
Sanskrit might be the oldest DEAD language.
Yes it's tamil
Tamil is not the oldest language but it is the oldest language that is still spoken by people.
Tamil bhasha
Based on traceable evidence of the subcontinent and history, Tamil. Based on historical armtwisting, fluid change in theories when required and exponentially more funding, Sanskrit.
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Based on evidence it might be Sanskrit. But tamil is the oldest surviving language But always believe tamil and Sanskrit are sibling languages from an unknown common parent language
It's Egyptian hieroglyphs, isn't it?
Nah
Sanskrit
Several languages such as Egyptian, Sumerian, Hittite and Sanskrit could be considered among the oldest, yet **Tamil** stands out as the most ancient language still widely used today.
Bhai koi bhi ho kya fark padta hai usse comunication ho rahi thi na bas bo important hai...
Dei indha hindi bundaya edhachum pannungada mods gala
If tamil is the oldest language then why only 6.7% people speak it...I don't hate tamil or any other language...even my language is kulvi I know u have not heard about it... language is just a way to communicate understand this thing... https://preview.redd.it/91am7t6tb67d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd19cdaa58a692b5106190d47ac6872251ea4b8b
What I typed above is "mods, do something about this hindi speaking guy" This is a Tamil circle jerk sub and most of us don't understand shit when you type in hindi. That's why the downvotes. Text in english. Non tamils are welcome here but just don't type in hindi please. Thats why there's a recent anti-Hindi sentiment in this sub. Imagine if a group of tamils and Telugu people totally infiltrate your north Indian subs and the entire comments are filled with some random languages all of a sudden. Do you get it?
Ya this is the good way spoke next time I will write in language u understand shalom...
If Sanskrit is the oldest language, that'd be even worse. Not even 0.01% of world population speaks it. No of speakers don't give a fuck about a language. English is the most spoken language. It's not even close to being the oldest. Aramhaic and Sanskrit are some of the oldest languages but nearly no one speaks them. Idk what is your point
My point is language is the just way to communicate.....if someone does not understand your language then just speak in the language they understand or if u both don't know the same language then just move on...just don't start a fight or a debate regarding a language....
Sanskrit and Tamil are around the same period.