Language: Sumerian (~3500 BC) is the oldest known language put in…

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Did you know? Sumerian (~3500 BC) is the oldest known language put into writing. It is an "isolate" — no relation to any living language. By 1900 BC it had already been retired from everyday use, but Babylonian scholars kept it alive as a "classical language" (like Latin now) until 100 BC.

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Sumerian (~3500 BC) is the oldest known language put into writing. It is an "isolate" — no relation to any living language. By 1900 BC it had already been retired from everyday use, but Babylonian scholars kept it alive as a "classical language" (like Latin now) until 100 BC.

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