I find that learning a language the “old school” way is the only way to learn it for real. The linguistic and archaeological evidence suggests that Albanians were a distinct people for even longer than that. Which ancient words? For a full response, please see the Ask-A-Linguist FAQ section about the oldest language. In my opinion, we don’t know the answer to this question, although some people will give one anyway. it is not a coincidens that more antic words can be expalined in albanian language, till the time of the first population of europe/mediterraen, and to add smth a good part of "greeks"(antic) gods have albanian names like, .>Aphroditi in albanian is 'aferdita" which means "the day near/day coming, >dionisi derives from the verb "di" (know in albanian) and "oni"(joni=ours)...so Dionis in albanian is "our knowledge/mind', >Apollo is also explained by the first verb "ap' (hap in albanian/open) and "ollo" is the star in albanian (ylli/yllo)...so Apollo means the 'open star/the star opened. But population movements cannot determine a language’s age. During the middle-ages, there was a large exodus/occupation of Albanians into Greece, where today, an archaic dialect of Albanian is still spoken. For instance, Basque is considered very old because the evidence is that there have been Basque speakers in Spain and France since at least the 2nd century BC and probably longer than that. Many linguists do date languages to when they split from their parent tongue. These languages are just as old. languages and that it is similar to Greek. This means I read language books, do grammar exercises, check myself, listen to language CDs, watch Albanian TV, listen to Albanian music, talk to Albanian people and write in Albanian as much as I can. It is spoken by 7.3 million people in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, and by immigrant communities world-wide. I am not I think the article is slightly old, accurate if Albania in the 90s is to be considered but nowadays things have changed especially where women are concerned. It appears the earliest written document belongs to The linguistic and archaeological evidence suggests that Albanians were a distinct people for even longer than that. Just bcoz Greek Gods have Albanian names does not mean Albanian is the oldest Language. Some anthropologists speculate that language or parts of the language ability may have developed earlier, but there is no firm consensus yet. Some say it is a continuation of the It is also an official language on the EU and spoken in Greek communities around the world and in Turkey, Albania and Italy. The Albanian language was also spoken in the Chameria region of northern Greece, but due to the ethnic cleansing of Albanians by Greeks there, many Albanians took refuge in Turkey or returned to Albania. Some languages like Greek and Basque are considered older because they never “split” into daughter languages (although both have dialects), and so maintain their status as a “language.” In that criteria, there may be a language with the world record of being spoken the longest without having spawned daughter languages – but no one could tell you which one it is. somewhere that the Albanian language belongs to the Indo-European family of After the death of the great Albanian national hero, Skenderbeg, and the occupation of Albania by the Ottoman Empire, thousands of Albanians migrated to southern Italy and Sicily. Autobiographical writings found on walls of Egyptian tombs were said to be created around 2600 BC to 2000 BC. Languages are continuously evolving over time, and probably most languages, even conservative ones, require special training in order for modern speakers to fully understand older texts. If you’re counting surviving languages, Chinese is often cited (first written in 1500 BC), but Greek is a possible tie because it was written in Linear B beginning ca. 16th century. There are strong arguments against the hypothesis that Albanians are descendants if Illyrians, as for example the fact that the origin of many Albanian words connected to maritime are Slavic which should not be the case since Illyrians had strong maritime tradition. I read 1500 BC. languages and that it is similar to Greek. Today, some 200,000 Albanians called Arbëresh remain there and speak a very old Albanian dialect. The Albanian language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages but has its own specifics, similar to Greek or Armenian, which means it does not have any direct similarities with other languages in the same family. If you’re counting absolute oldest, probably Sumerian or Egyptian wins because they developed a writing system first (both start appearing in about 3200 BC). I am not sure about the age of the Albanian language. language. Here are some criteria people use, and reasons why linguists don’t think they really work. The Albanian language was also spoken in the Chameria region of northern Greece, but due to the ethnic cleansing of Albanians by Greeks there, many Albanians took refuge in Turkey or returned to Albania. Albanian (also known as Shqip), forms a branch of the Indo-European language ifamily all by itself. One of them is not reading them. Even Welsh has moved a bit, establishing foot holds in Patagonia (Argentina) and Canada – however, this language still originated in Britain. Illyrian language. To take one interesting case, the Albanian language (spoken north of Greece) was not written down until about the 15th century AD, yet Ptolemy mentions the people in the first century BC. Where is the Albanian language spoken today? Egyptian is considered one of the oldest languages in the world, as it is already about 4,700 years old. So Albanian has probably existed for several millennia, but has only been written down for 500 years. It appears the earliest, I am not sure about the age of the Albanian language. Some say it is a continuation of the Illyrian language. Although this question is still being debated, most linguists assume that the full language capacity had evolved by 100,000 BC.
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