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Oldest written languages

Name the languages that have had at least one written sentence dating before the birth of Jesus.
Not including undecipherable languages
Dates are in BC
This may not be a complete list
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Last updated: December 19, 2023
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Date
Family
Language
2690
Afroasiatic
Egyptian
2600
Akkadian
Isolate
Sumerian
2400
Afroasiatic
Eblaite
2250
Isolate
Elamite
2100
Hurro-Urartian
Hurrian
1700
Indo-European
Hittite
1600
Palaic
1450
Mycenaean Greek
1400
Isolate
Hattic
Indo-European
Luwian
1300
Isolate
Ugaritic
1250
Sino-Tibetan
Old Chinese
1000
Afroasiatic
Aramaic
Date
Family
Language
1000
Afroasiatic
Hebrew
Phoenician
850
Ammonite
840
Moabite
820
Hurro-Urartian
Urartian
800
Afroasiatic
Old Arabic
Indo-European
Phrygian
Afroasiatic
Sabaean
700
Tyrsenian
Etruscan
Indo-European
Latin
600
Carian
Faliscan
Lydian
Umbrian
550
South Picene
Afroasiatic
Taymanitic
Date
Family
Language
550
Indo-European
Venetic
500
Lepontic
Old Persian
Messapic
400
Milyan
Sidetic
300
Gaullish
Oscan
Volscian
260
Ashokan Prakrit
200
Elu
Unclassified
Meroitic
Dravidian
Old Tamil
146
Afroasiatic
Numidian
100
Indo-European
Celtiberian
Parthian
Sanskrit
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