The 10 Oldest Languages That Are Still Spoken Today.

As of today, the world has 7111 languages according to Ethnologue . A staggering third of these languages are endangered and only spoken by very few people, 1000 speakers at best. what's even more serious is that more than 50% of the world's population is covered by 23 major languages . __ Top 10 most spoken languages, 2019. By Ethnologue . Languages appeared about 100.000 years ago and have been evolving ever since. Languages are always in a state of flux; some die out and some branch out and give us more languages. Exceptionally, some languages have survived long periods of time and erosion and made it to the modern world. Here are 10 of the most ancient languages that are still spoken today: 1. Hebrew: Year: 10th century BCE. Country: Israel. Number of speakers: 9 M. 2. Basque: Year : Unknown. Country / region : Basque. Number of speakers: ~750,000 people. 3. Arabic: Year: 1000 BCE. Country: Countries of the Arab League . Number of speakers: 310 M. __