WebJul 19, 2017 · When people from the East, or Indo-Europeans, began arriving in Europe 3,500 years ago, they brought their own languages from which most European languages originated.

WebFeb 08, 2022 · Proto-Indo-European language was a language likely spoken about 4,500 years ago (and before) in what is now Southern Russia and Ukraine. Because its speakers left no written records, it is a...

WebAug 25, 2022 · Indo-European languages are the first language of more than 3 billion people in Europe, across northern India, the Iranian plateau, and as far east as Siberia (and on other continents as a result of colonialism, including in the United States). Beginning almost 500 years ago, scholars began to notice similarities between languages such as ...

WebThat said, the oldest attested Indo-European language is Hittite, of which the oldest text dates back all the way to the 16th century BC. This extinct language is not only very old, but also very fascinating from a linguistic point of view, since it possesses some archaic features not present in later IE languages, like Continue Reading

WebWhat is the oldest Indo-European language? Aside from a very poorly known dialect spoken in or near northern Iraq during the 2nd millennium bce, the oldest record of an Indo-Aryan language is the Vedic Sanskrit of the Rigveda, the oldest of the sacred scriptures of India, dating roughly from 1000 bce.

WebOct 15, 2022 · What was the first Indo-European language? Aside from a very poorly known dialect spoken in or near northern Iraq during the 2nd millennium bce, the oldest record of an Indo-Aryan language is the Vedic Sanskrit of the Rigveda, the oldest of the sacred scriptures of India, dating roughly from 1000 bce.

WebWhich is the oldest Indo-European language? Aside from a very poorly known dialect spoken in or near northern Iraq during the 2nd millennium bce, the oldest record of an Indo-Aryan language is the Vedic Sanskrit of the Rigveda, the oldest of the sacred scriptures of India, dating roughly from 1000 bce.

WebWhat was the first Indo-European language? Hittite (c. 1700–1200 BC). This is the earliest-recorded of all Indo-European languages, and highly divergent from the others due to the early separation of the Anatolian languages from the remainder. It possesses some highly archaic features found only fragmentarily, if at all, in other languages.

WebJan 11, 2019 · Lithuanian is an Indo-European language whose written text records date back to the 16th century. The language is considered the most conventional Baltic language, and is related to ancient languages, such as Sanskrit, Latin and Ancient Greek.

WebAnswer (1 of 3): Sanskrit was recorded by oral memorization nearly 4,000 years ago, but only written about 2,000 years ago. So whether it is attested from 4,000 or 2,000 years ago depends on how you define that. But the oral memorization was very complicated and involved layered redundant ‘backup...