Which Language Family Is the OLDEST? (The Top 9 Oldest Language Families)

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Languages are part of language families, and language families have an ancestor language (or proto-language) where all the languages have evolved from.

So, what proto-language and thus language family is the oldest?

The answer may not be so easy to figure out. In this video, we will look at the written evidence and archaeological data we have to determine which language family appeared first. Was it Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic, Sino-Tibetan or Dravidian? The oldest language family may in fact be a little known language family in Africa near the birthplace of the modern human.

0:00 - Introduction
0:23 - How to Determine the Oldest Language Family
1:31 - The Oldest Written Records
2:22 - How Old Are the Indo-European Languages?
4:51 - How Old Are the Afro-Asiatic Languages?
5:55 - How Old Are the Sino-Tibetan Languages?
6:35 - How Old Are the Dravidian Languages & Tamil?
7:32 - The Niger-Congo languages, the Na-Dené languages & the Uralic Languages
8:49 - How Old Are the Khoisan Languages?
10:48 Which Language Family is the OLDEST? (& Dance)

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