17 oldest languages in the world!
Many languages vie for the title of being the oldest language in the world. However, there is only one that can be the oldest, so what language is it?
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17. Icelandic (1200 years)
Icelandic is perhaps one of the oldest languages that is still spoken in the world today. Icelandic is native to the island of Iceland, as well as 350,000 native speakers.
Icelandic began as a combination of Danish and indigenous languages. However, once the Danish stopped bringing new colonizers during the twelfth century, Icelandic became akin to a language isolate.
Icelandic is a very good indication of what Old Norse and Old Danish looked and sounded like.
As a result of its age and its isolation, Icelandic has become one of t...
