Oldest European languages

The oldest European languages. Indoeuropean languages. Latvian language. Lithuanian language. Albanian language, Greek language.
Vecākās Eiropas valodas. Indoeiropiešu valodas. Latviešu valoda. Lietuviešu valoda. Albāņu valoda, grieķu valoda.
Senākās Eiropas valodas. Indoeiropiešu. Latviešu valoda. Lietuviešu valoda. Albāņu valoda, grieķu valoda.
Seniausios Europos kalbos. Indoeuropiečių. Latvių kalba. Lietuvių kalba. Albanų kalba, Graikų kalba.
Gjuhët më të vjetra Evropiane. Gjuhët Indoevropiane. Gjuha Letoneze (Letonishtj). Gjuha Lituaneze, (Lituanisht). Gjuha Shqipe (Shqipje), Gjuha Greke.
Οι παλαιότερες ευρωπαϊκές γλώσσες. Ινδοευρωπαϊκή. Λετονική γλώσσα. Λιθουανική γλώσσα. Αλβανική γλώσσα, ελληνική γλώσσα.
Ամենահին եվրոպական լեզուները: Անդեուրոպյան: Լատվիայի լեզու: Լիտվական լեզու: Ալբանական լեզուն, հունարենը:
Ən qədim avropa dilləri. Indouropean. Latviya dili. Litva dili. Alban dili, Yunan dili.
Самыя старыя еўрапейскія мовы. Індаеўрапейскі. Латышская мова. Літоўскую мову. Албанская мова, грэцкі мову.
Europako hizkuntza zaharrenak. Indoeuropearrak. Latvian hizkuntza. Lituaniera. Albaniera, Grekoa.
Najstariji Evropski jezici. Indoevropski. Latvijski jezik. Litvanski jezik. Albanski jezik, Grčki jezik.
Най-старите европейски езици. Indoeuropean. Латвийски език. Литовски език. Албански език, гръцки език.
Nejstarší evropské jazyky. Indoevropský. Lotyšský jazyk. Litevský jazyk. Albánský jazyk, řecký jazyk.
De ældste europæiske sprog. Indoeuropean. Lettisk sprog. Litauisk sprog. Albansk sprog, græsk sprog.
La plej malnovaj Eŭropaj lingvoj. Indoeŭropa. Latva lingvo. Litova lingvo. Albana lingvo, Greka lingvo.
Les plus anciennes langues Européennes. Indoeuropéen. Langue lettone. Langue lituanienne. Langue albanaise, Langue grecque.
De âldste Europeeske talen. Yndo-Jeropeeske talen. Letske taal. Litouske taal. Albaneeske taal, Grykske taal.
As linguas europeas máis antigas. Indoeuropeo. Lingua letona. Lingua lituana. Lingua albanesa, lingua grega.
უძველესი ევროპული ენები. ინდოევროპული. ლატვიური ენა. ლიტვის ენა. ალბანური ენა, ბერძნული ენა.
Vanimad euroopa keeled. Indoeuroopa keeled. Läti keel. Leedu keel. Albaania keel, kreeka keel.
Elsta evrópska tungumálin. Indónesísku. Lettneska tungumál. Litháíska tungumál. Albanska tungumál, gríska tungumál.
Le più antiche lingue europee. Indoeuropea. Lingua lettone. Lingua lituana Lingua albanese, lingua greca.
最も古いヨーロッパ言語。 インドネシア。 ラトビア語。 リトアニア語。 アルバニア語、ギリシア語。
Les llengües europees més antigues. Indoeuropea. Llengua letona Llengua lituana. Llengua albanesa, llengua grega.
가장 오래된 유럽 언어. Indoeuropean. 라트비아어. 리투아니아 언어. 알바니아어, 그리스어.
Самые старые европейские языки. Индоевропейский. Латышский язык. Литовский язык. Албанский язык, греческий язык.
最古老的歐洲語言。 拉脫維亞語。 立陶宛語。 阿爾巴尼亞語，希臘語。
Europa universalis linguis seniorem. Indoeuropean. Latvian lingua. Lithuanian lingua. Illyrica Lingua: Graeca lingua.
Najstarsze języki europejskie. Indo-europejski. Język łotewski. Język litewski. Język albański, język grecki.
Os idiomas europeus mais antigos. Indoeuropean. Idioma letão. Língua lituana. Língua albanesa, língua grega.
Cele mai vechi limbi europene. Indo-european. Limbă letonă. Limba lituaniană. Limba albaneză, limba greacă.
Los idiomas europeos más antiguos. Indoeuropeo. Lengua letona. Idioma lituano. Lengua albanesa, lengua griega.
A legrégebbi európai nyelvek. Indoeurópai. Lett nyelv. Litván nyelv. Albán nyelv, görög nyelv.
Die ältesten europäischen Sprachen. Indoeuropäisch. Lettische Sprache. Litauische Sprache. Albanische Sprache, griechische Sprache.
Eng qadimgi Yevropa tillari. Indouropean. Latviyalik til. Litva tili. Alban tili, yunon tili.
De äldsta europeiska språken. Indoeuropeiska. Lettiska språket. Litauiska språket. Albanska språket, grekiska språket.
En eski avrupa dilleri. Indoeuropa dili. Letonca dili. Litvanya dili. Arnavut dili, Yunan dili.

[@MultiSciGeek]

Latvian sounds like a Finnish person trying to speak Latin

[@cookiefaceyt2002]

As a Latvian I approw

[@stabakulis8915]

Im lithuanian and latvian sounds to my like weird lithuania :-D

[@pisaks6782]

@@stabakulis8915 im Latvian and you guys just sound like you're always drunk or something lol

[@svenskhast5632]

Puke. Not finnish!

[@pisaks6782]

@@svenskhast5632 I'd rather be Finnish than Swedish

[@gia4579]

Greece, Albania, Latvia.Lithuania!! Greetings from Greece!!

[@shqiptariidukagjinit5650]

🇦🇱🇬🇷

[@guestonlyforpleasantpeople5291]

I'm from 🇱🇹

[@reinis7899]

Greetings from Latvia! 🇱🇻

[@arisplugis5197]

LV

[@chiaki_yt]

greetings from lithunia!!

[@dovias5665]

I'm amazed that as an Lithuanian i understood Albanian more than Latvian.

[@unknownfrenchman5371]

Really?

[@sm3675]

Albanian seems to have a lot of English loan words.

[@teodze3432]

@@sm3675 sorry to inform you, but it might be the opposite actually

[@keiser5374]

Holly shite Albanians actually sound closer to us Than our Bulves mylintis brolei Damn

[@Onenight0]

Hey people Albanian language is oldest learning more real history

[@metigame1450]

I’m Albanian can’t give an opinion how my language sounds because it sounds the same everytime I hear it 😜 but I like Lithuanian it’s sounds like I could make some strong points with it .

[@justinassobieskis]

Ačiū

[@masterofreality926]

And German is perfect swear language )

[@confuseddotcom]

@@masterofreality926 nah Russian is

[@masterofreality926]

@@confuseddotcom Go away, russophobe

[@Alex-ws1xo]

@@justinassobieskis bless you

[@roshiroshi1240]

Albania 🇦🇱 greece 🇬🇷 latvia 🇱🇻 lituania 🇱🇹. Greetings from Tirana 🇦🇱

[@latviabalkanumuzika1514]

Roshi Roshi Faleminderit! :) Pērshēndetje nga Riga

[@roshiroshi1240]

Latvia Balkānu mūzika faleminderit ty 😀

[@proxy1049]

Roshi Roshi paldies cik mīļi no tevis in english it is Roshi Roshi how nice of you

[@satnamgiz4640]

Greetings from Klaipėda!

[@adnaneloukili6312]

Please i know its a personal question but are you muslim? And are the Albanian peaple muslim Because i'm Muslim and i want to visit albania but i'm afraid to be presented to religious racism in your country Greeting from Morocco🇲🇦👍🏻

[@dovydas3288]

O latvijas broliukas

[@guestonlyforpleasantpeople5291]

(Translate) - Latvia brother?

[@user-fq5ee7sd9j]

@@guestonlyforpleasantpeople5291 yes

[@shahidanusrat6086]

As a Pakistani I fully support love and respect Latvia and Lithuania and it's beautiful people from Pakistan

[@sledgehog1]

I'm surprised Basque didn't make it here! All these languages are fascinating, though! Currently learning Greek, but perhaps I'll learn the Baltic languages and Albanian in the future too! :)

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

Grover S. Krantz: The Hungarians are the progenitors of European civilization Grover S. Krantz (1931-2002), a world-renowned American anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, in his work "The Geographical Formation of European Languages", recognizes Hungarian, which until now has been treated as a stepchild of Europe, as the founder of Europe's civilization. According to him, the u.n. "Indo-European languages" developed very late in Europe. That is why 30% of their vocabulary is not of "Indo-European" origin, and there are no "Indo-European" river names on the early maps of Europe. We are more interested in the following sentence: "...so the Greek language was formed in its current location in 6500 BC, and the Celtic language in Ireland in 3500 BC. The antiquity of the Hungarian language in the Carpathian Basin is similarly surprising; I find that its origins lead to the Mesolithic, preceding the Stone Age." Furthermore: "At least on one important point, the theory of people's migration is the opposite of the previous theorem. It is generally believed that the Hungarians of the Urals lived in the 9th century. century, they moved into the Carpathian basin from an eastern area. I find that all groups speaking the Uralic language spread from Hungary, in a much earlier age, in the opposite direction." Grover S. Krantz, The Geographical Formation of European Languages. (Ősi Örökségünk Alapítvány, Budapest, 2000) Original title and publisher of the work: Geographical Development of European Languages ​​Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York 1988. Translated by: Imre Kálmán

[@latviabalkanumuzika1514]

Jā. Šeit būtu jābūt vēl arī Basku. Īriu, Somu Igauņu uc.,

[@daMacadamBlob]

Latvian sounds a bit like an Estonian trying to learn Lithuanian

[@Markov092]

Because Latvian and Estonian were influenced by Germanic languages like German and Swedish. Lithuanian has conserved itself more as Balto-Slavic, with its word pronounciation.

[@ugnikalnis]

@@Markov092 Lithuanian Language has nothing in Common with Slavic... Lithuanian Language is more older then slavic...

[@Markov092]

@@ugnikalnis Lithuanian language literally comes from Balto-Slavic language branch [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto-Slavic_languages ] There are lot of common things, as both Baltic and Slavic once was one. But that was not my point that you missed. Even my native Latvian language have tons of common language rules with most common Slavic languages like Russian, Polish etc. despite being more Germanized unlike more conserved Lithuanian.

[@ugnikalnis]

@@Markov092 forget this Balto-Slavic Theory it's a Myth nothing more nothing less...

[@krusshox4395]

@@ugnikalniswell can you prove that balto-Slavic is a "myth"?

[@themartian4879]

Love lituania from Albania

[@romanenlil1237]

As a Ukrainian native speaker, I've got this weird feeling like I understand Lithuanian, but I actually don't 😃

[@0aryta]

same, you are just feel like you should understand but you don't understand.

[@rajonomistika]

I know right, because you we're part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the past feels the same for me

[@user-qr7sl8ey1r]

Probably because of the balto-slavic branch

[@volnomov]

Я думаю що литовська мова це українська, просто додавай в кінці слова щось типу "кас" , "каучкас" )

[@fidenemini111]

@@volnomov Contrary to your feeling the reality is the opposite - it is you who dropped the old indo-european endings of singular masculine nouns. We added nothing - it is our ancient heritage 😁

[@EjTuDilles]

I'm latvian! My grandgrandma was actually Lithuanian! But I didn't know that because she spoke latvian really good and fast xD

[@cyclpiancitydweller9517]

I like Lithuanian and Albanian the best.

[@ss_super_steve]

what about Latvian?

[@astriteddy]

Thanks man 🇦🇱

[@lilifilm6197]

Albanian thanks

[@NepoznatoLice1111]

What the fuck is Albania hahaha

[@lilifilm6197]

@@NepoznatoLice1111 shut up

[@amjan]

Modern Greek is a very new langauge! It only has an old ancestor but itself is very young!

[@Pan20006]

Are you on drugs with that logic that can be said for every language lmao greek has unbroken continuity that's why it's been ranked together with Chinese the 2 oldest recorded written languages still in use

[@NuncaSeMeOcurreUnNik]

The greek lady sounds like a spaniard speaking in russian.

[@_7f00ff]

I am Russian and Greek always sounded to me as a mix between Spanish and Finnish/Estonian :)

[@julijaknaz5809]

Spanish people say that greek sounds like a made up language with the spanish accent

[@Afer-Dita-]

😂😂😂😂

[@Kryptohan]

Albanian is seriously the best one for me sounds like magic greeting from Taranto

[@kelavhyoll3781]

Yes

[@gypsyguy40]

Very ugly language

[@dimitrisps1997]

Because 60% of the words u heard were Italian.

[@gigasigma8373]

@@dimitrisps1997 "italian"

[@besartatanushi2782]

@@dimitrisps1997 What do you mean by that? They were speaking fully Albanian, they were not mixing Albanian with Italian. Did you mean to say that Albanian sounds like Italian?

[@SKIRRIX]

Lithuanian and Greek are my favorites!!!

[@flowrsh]

Thank you

[@temple4585]

*lithuanian

[@EjTuDilles]

As a latvian I'm offended 😂 (jk)

[@aizuni]

why not Latvian 😭

[@pisaks6782]

@@aizuni They hate us cuz they ain't us

[@jonnhyoliveraravenaorellan1363]

Oldest European længuage still alive : BASQUE! Isolated itself it has the ancestor of all-europeans længuages.

[@Hildegarden]

Interesting! 🌟

[@mohdiqbal8783]

Excellent 💥

[@ffjx]

love the baltic brothers 🇦🇱❤️‍🔥🇱🇹🇱🇻

[@raresremetan2001]

Very nice video! You forgot about Basque... :/

[@latgalitis8305]

As a Latgallian, when i listen to Albanian it feels weird. It feels like i should know it, but i don't understand.

[@stopinjorances2222]

It's the language that all our grandfathers had spoke, but at the albanians survives.

[@latgalitis8305]

@@stopinjorances2222 I'm sorry. Your grammar confused me. I believe you meant to say that the languages are that old, that they are distant cousins. But this actually is a very good theory, because a scientific and historical theory has been made that balts and Greeks are connected, with the languages being very similar, and ornaments too, so Albanians Greeks and balts are possibly a family. Hello from Latvia!

[@Dana-ey2cz]

es varētu teikt to pašu, taču tas kā viņi izrunā ''r'' nosit visu no viļņa

[@latgalitis8305]

@@Dana-ey2cz Praktiski, jā.

[@ugnikalnis]

As Lithuanian I agree, same I understand, but at the same time not, just International words I understand

[@lastsamuraial]

Albanian is very isolate Illyric language.

[@Deepak-qz1fs]

Lithuanian language has closely related with Sanskrit language of India..

[@abhinavchauhan7864]

Every indo European lanagauge is

[@kestutisvaiciunas8663]

@@abhinavchauhan7864 Not as closely as Lithuanian. It's one of the most intact Proto-Indo-European languages, which is either good or bad depending on your perspective, since languages evolve for a reason.

[@gigasigma8373]

@@kestutisvaiciunas8663 albanian is very close to sanskrit aswell.

[@hannahwalmer1124]

Wakanda Foreva how?

[@metigame1450]

@@gigasigma8373 Albania is not

[@tommycheng510]

I like all of the languages, every language sounds very cultural and elegant to me🤩!

[@MajorMlgNoob]

Even Dutch?

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

Even Thai?

[@Beogradoholik]

Greek language has a wonderful, mystical sound!

[@angelosgounaris]

Jes bro grec and albanien are the old language in europa

[@katerpese]

Unlike Serbian.

[@samiragandhinunuvera788]

All are beautiful

[@DaWorldGuardian001]

As a Lithuanian, Albanian sounds like a mix between Lithuanian and Dutch, from a certain point of view. I feel like I should understand something, yet nothing comes to mind. I love Greek above all tho, it's just so beautiful.

[@sledgehog1]

Yea, I had that feeling too! They roll the R's in Albanian just like in Dutch and American English as well!

[@caesarzeppeli5415]

Esmu no Latvijas! 🇱🇻 I'm from Latvia!

[@ss_super_steve]

Es arī Me too

[@daigalubane211]

Es arī Protams Esmu Latviete Im From Latvia!

[@lingoteen]

That was back on 2018? Dawm. That's why the greek part talked about the name change of Skopje to north macedonia. I'm greek so I understood.

[@itsnoahp5082]

Albanian sounds like sims talking

[@gc-rm1ez]

They Sound Like Speaking Sanskrit. Thanks for not loosing proto - Indo-European Language. Lithuanian is least Changed language and Closest to The Mother Language Sanskrit. Love From India🇮🇳 We lost our tounge due to So many Invasions. We only Study Sanskrit In School. I love it So that's How Sanskrit Used To sound Thousands of years Ago. ❤️

[@alorikkoln]

I agree that they all sound very similar. Unfortunately, not so pretty. To much use of SH, DRA, BRA, TAJ. Next most similar are slavic languages surprisingly, of which Jugoslawe and Czech are the prettiest.

[@bastianodimebag]

There is a big difference between old and conservative. I hope you understand it

[@weeeper1]

I’m Lithuanian 🇱🇹.

[@zhabo3963]

Do you understand latvian?

[@barjake1508]

What about Estonian 🇪🇪

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

My boyfriend is Lithuanian

[@ss_super_steve]

What about Latvian🇱🇻

[@gabijagabija6100]

@@zhabo3963 no

[@paleface953]

I am Lithuanian. But when i hear Latvian speak, my heart sings, i can't help it, so beautiful :D

[@lauvzane]

As a latvian myself I am always surprised that we are both related, because I understand only "labas vakaras", we don't even sound similar :D

[@paleface953]

@@lauvzane We have quite a lot of words that are quite similar, but we also pronounce the vowels differently :) And that's why i think the languages sound so different :)

[@aimps19]

Lithuanian and latvian are similar in sound, but good for ya! Greetings from Estonia :D

[@avitiusrufinus6980]

Albanian 😍

[@gjakova0794]

I am Albanian but for me sounds Lithuanian like Albanian

[@vve6206]

How.

[@soul8938]

Not really the slavic sounds are quite noticeable

[@scrippythecaru]

Not at all bro

[@seyl717]

@@scrippythecaru He is Gheg Albanian and the Gheg accent is more similar to the Slavic accent, the albanian journalist in the video speaks the southern Tosk dialect which sounds way more different and is influenced by greek. So that's why he probably says Lithuanian sounds similar to Albanian, because there are two very different Albanian dialects.

[@mareksagrak9527]

Very nice, but where is Basque? As a remnant of pre-indoeuropean languages, spoken long time before the PIE splitted, it undeniably beats all of them.

[@stoqngerov3199]

Basque!!!God save your people!!!I don't want to comment here,there haven't old bulgarian....and i think this statistic like joke. Also.....if you want,try to found something about Basque and Bulgaria.You'd be surprised ow mush they have in common...>)

[@julianlaghi5466]

I love Greek 🇬🇷 and albanian 🇦🇱 i love this 2 languages, from italy 🇮🇹❤🇬🇷❤🇦🇱

[@gia4579]

Thank you!!

[@beratmaliqi6158]

Faleminderit 🇽🇰🇦🇱❤

[@julianlaghi5466]

@@beratmaliqi6158 🥰

[@julianlaghi5466]

@@valley6824 ❤

[@milotfokusi2124]

Lové to Italy from albanian ( of Kosovo )

[@thev3131]

Greetings :) Basque language should've probably also been here :)

[@iMonsieurAnthony]

Yes, def. But Basque is not Indo-European, it's even older. So these ones are just IE languages.

[@zhabo3963]

@@iMonsieurAnthony wrong. Albanian is not ie

[@andrzejdobrowolski9523]

@@zhabo3963 It is

[@zhabo3963]

@@andrzejdobrowolski9523 seriously? I thought it was kinda like Estonian

[@andrzejdobrowolski9523]

@@zhabo3963 It is not related in any way to Estonian. Estonian is not IE since it belongs to the Uralic language family and its closest relatives are Finnish which is only a little bit mutual intelligibile with it and Hungarian which is not since they've been isolated from each other for many centuries. Albanian is not similar to any modern language and is derivered from Old Ilirian language and Ilirian is derivered from PIE.

[@limhalimi7977]

Albanian language are so doooooooope😍

[@FaZe_CyLockOut]

The Latvian language itself isnt that old at all. In fact, Latvian (Lettish) started as a dialect from Lithuanian. There are so many older close languages to Latvian (Curonian, Semigalian, Selonian) but the closest oldest language to Latvian was Latgalian, that existed almost as long as Lithuanian.

[@chiaki_yt]

All this lithunia love in the comments is making me so happy rn

[@CHRB-nn6qp]

The lithuanian language is honestly one of the nicest sounding languages in the world. I hope in the future that I can learn it and visit lithuania, its such a wonderful place that almost no one knows about sadly.

[@chiaki_yt]

@@CHRB-nn6qp thank you! and yes i agree its quite amazing in lithunia u should really visit sometime!!

[@zzap4922]

Bro I'm Lithuanian and I hear so many random unrelated words in Albanian it's so funny

[@intreoo]

What's even more amazing is that apparently, Lithuanians understand the old Lithuanian language from over 500 years ago. Meanwhile, as an Anglophone, I can understand about 5% of Middle English from that same time frame!

[@myself5812]

If you mean Shakespeare English it's easy, you should be able to understand most of it

[@SugarCube2003]

You can't really mention Latvian without mentioning Latgalian. But overall cool vid!

[@Xnoob545]

The lithuanian news is talking about a huge protest

[@pellazgian]

My Albanian pride I will not hide. My Pelasgian ancestors I will not disgrace. My illyrian blood flows hot and true. My Albanian people I will stand by you. Through thick and thin till the day we die, our Albanian flag 🇦🇱 WILL ALWAYS FLY HIGH

[@nikolasmanner995]

ALBANIJA SHQIPEE🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲

[@s4im614]

Im happy that im from Lithuania Aš džiaugiuosi kad esu iš Lietuvos

[@demos113]

You left out the Celtic languages (the two main remaining ones being Irish & Welsh), which are also Indo-European. Basque is older but not Indo-European in origin.

[@intothevoid5074]

There are currently 6 Celtic Languages spoken as of now. Not just Irish and Welsh. There's also Manx (Irish Branch), Scottish Gaelic (Irish Branch), Cornish (Welsh Branch) and Breton (Welsh Branch) Welsh Branch is the Britonic languages, which changed quite a lot of k sounds from Proto-Celtic to p or equivalent. Irish Branch is the Goidelic Languages, which retained all the k-sounds from Proto-Celtic, initally at the cost of P. P later made its way back into the Goidelic languages.

[@arniesad7555]

Pog ma thoin debilas blet

[@beyondrecall9446]

@@intothevoid5074 I wasn't aware of Cornish. thank you. Breton sucked up much of the French because of the enviornment.. But, yeah, Celtic languages were in Europe since the brze age so that makes them the oldest

[@megasupreme9985]

Why should they be included here in this video? They aren't particularly basal nor conservative examples, are they? Might as well include french, english, and every other indo european language at that point.

[@evzenvarga9707]

I like Latvian.

[@lietuvaite2]

I'm so surprised, that lithuanian so close to albanian !

[@Qwerty-hy5mj]

I find Albanian to be quite Romance.

[@bletrick3352]

Probably because 50% of Albanian vocabulary is borrowed from Vulgar Latin

[@DoubleWhopperWithCheese]

Surprised Welsh and Basque was not mentioned.

[@johntate6537]

Not sure how 'oldest' is being defined here - I would have thought that Finnish and Basque would get a look in. Nice video though - four very interesting and attractive languages!

[@ugnikalnis]

Lithuanian is more older then Finnish, Finnish language loaned some words from Baltic Languages.

[@miglius1992]

Indo-European language cover 75% of the world and Lithuanian is the oldest living languages of Indo-European from a Proto-Indo-European family. That's how the oldest is defined here. The other languages no one care, they are just ghosts of Indo-European family of languages. Baltic tribes are the oldest living group in Europe and they had to last kids Lithuanian and Latvian. Baltic Germans and Slavs they deleted there history by evolving into nations.

[@jank097]

@@miglius1992 1. Lithuanian is not the oldest Indo-european language 2. Imo it’s not even that beautiful. Sounds like some polish person trying to speak Latin. It’s better that languages evolve that’s just stay the same for a thousand years.

[@hizlaws4313]

@@jank097 did someone hit a nerve ? 🙂

[@jank097]

@@hizlaws4313 is someone having trouble with accepting facts? 🙂

[@eluemina2366]

Great video. Thank you for it. You forgot Basque however...

[@latviabalkanumuzika1514]

Yes, But this Latvian girl didn't kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3Oxd2uZd7iBiJo

[@heyimlithuanian1003]

Why in the hell did they use the almoat worsr channel on out tv's

[@kevinhartlock716]

Maaan, I wish I could speak an old language like these, maybe in the after life, perhaps after a deadly war or something..

[@latviabalkanumuzika1514]

You can always learn it. Nowadays it's freely available. And it's not so hard how it looks from first sight

[@gabrielcarvalhosaraiva4138]

Albanian sound like an American trying to speak Brazilian Portuguese or Italian

[@vaivalinkute2338]

Labas, no lietuva (Hello, from lithuania.)

[@ignatrip]

Ohh as a native spanish speaker i understood some albanian in this video.

[@kenbuck2293]

Was just going to say it sounds kind of Italian lol

[@adriatikberisha1077]

As a native albanian I understand spanish, Italian, Romanian. Lol

[@hannahwalmer1124]

Really? What parts were similar?

[@En35._.04]

@ndon barbato nahhhh not 60%, we did go through the process of Latinization but we don't have 60% Latin loans Not every single word that is similar to Latin or other romance languages has to be a loan, the word might as well come from Proto-Indo-European we probably have like 35% Latin vocabulary or a bit more, but not 60%

[@ylliaga4521]

Albanian is a prelatin ,so some words of latin speaking languages are borrowed from ancient Albanian (especially the gheg dialect).

[@andreacala9489]

Listen people. Were ever the name albanian goes. "The serbians will follow"

[@metigame1450]

Obsession

[@user-ww5mr5fw1x]

Euskerak denbora gehio darama Europan hizkuntz hauek baino, preindoeuroparra baita...

[@matthieuzimmer307]

hizkuntza ederrena

[@Aaron-8989]

I’ve never heard of this Lithuanian language before same with Latvian and Estonian 😯

[@linavaitkeviciene1366]

Latvia,Lithuania and Estonia are the Baltic States, I’m Lithuanian

[@Aaron-8989]

@@linavaitkeviciene1366 that’s very nice 😊

[@angellomesa8019]

Albanian sounded like Italian and Lithuanian like Russian.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

Albanian sounds like Italian? Its R though! It sounds like English to me.

[@TheGentlemanPigeon]

Why am thinking that even Chinese seems to be easier to speak than Lithuanian? :D

[@fidenemini111]

Which Chinese do you mean? Mandarin, Wu, Min, Yue, Fujian, Cantonese (not mentioning all 10)? They are different to the degree that are mutually intelligible only when written in Chinese characters.

[@geniinfo7201]

albanian is spoken in two dialect gheg (spoken in the north and Kosovo) and Tosk spoken in the south, the official is in tosk dialect but even the gheg dialect is also so cool

[@Bes2TheFort]

The latest studies say that the Geg dialect is older then Tosk.

[@ylliriaalbania326]

@@Bes2TheFort No

[@LebowskiDudeful]

I was expecting to come across the Sami languages as theirs is the only indigenous people in Europe, at least officially.

[@ilMario]

basque/euskera?

[@ROLLERMOBSTER2137]

Where's Euskara, the language of Basque people, that remembers the times before Roman empire?

[@klajdibyberi125]

With albanian language you can translate every language . (Pellasgians ,Illyarians) 🇦🇱

[@angelosgounaris]

Thats tru only the albaniee spiking all language in europa too

[@amjan]

Nonsense.

[@angelosgounaris]

@@amjan Illiria and bizanti Ilirikum

[@user-plmbbc]

Latvian sounds like sansklit, hindi languages.

[@Bes2TheFort]

Isn’t the modern greek language different from anchient greek?

[@fidenemini111]

Yes, it evolved and got influences. Lithuanian for example has more similarities to an ancient Greek than to modern one. For example Athens in modern Greek is Αθήνα [aˈθina] - singular, in ancient Greek it was Ἀθῆναι [atʰɛ̂ːnai̯] - plural. In modern Lithuanian plural and standard form is Atėnai . The same goes for Μυκήνες - Μυκῆναι - Mikėnai, which is perfectly in context with Lithuanian place names (Kuršėnai, Darbėnai, Plumpėnai, Elektrėnai, Vytėnai etc). Another structural similarity - both ancient Greek and modern Lithuanian have diphthongs while modern Greek lost them.

[@Arissef]

@@fidenemini111 Na va, pagaliau kažkas parašė kažkokią įdomesnę originalesnę mintį, ne kaip tie nesibaigantys užsieniečių seilėjimaisi "oi! Lietuvių kalba skamba kaip rusų :))))))". O šiuos lietuvių ir graikų kalbų panašumus esu pastebėjęs ir pats, tikrai taip!

[@welshtrainspottingchannel]

Lle mae Cymraeg?

[@kenbuck2293]

Yes welsh is old very old

[@ArdianBajraktari]

this Greek is not old language, the old one sounds like Albanian

[@jorham1]

greek is documented since antiquity...albanian is half italian without documentation

[@ArdianBajraktari]

@@jorham1 I see you don't know nothing about languages here something to educate you : kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5alppJomt-gepY

[@tchahin]

I'm brazilian from São Paulo and I'll share how it sounds to me. Lithuanian sounds like Russian. Latvian sounds like Turkish. Albanian sounds like Romanian. Greek sounds like Spanish.

[@gezimbilali1110]

That's pretty accurate to me as European

[@fidenemini111]

I bet you speak none of these languages.

[@tchahin]

I speak fluent spanish, intermediate romanian (these 2 languages are so close to Portuguese and easy to learn). I'm currently studying russian and have a lot of turkish friends who I hear them speaking.

[@Arissef]

@@tchahin For me, as a Lithuanian, Portuguese sounds very much Slavic, too, which is quite surprising given Spanish or Italian don't even remotely remind of Slavic.

[@tchahin]

@@Arissef Portuguese from Portugal sounds slavic, it sounds remarkably similar to Russian. Brazilian portuguese sounds completely different, somewhat closer to spanish and italian.

[@kables_net]

All languages are old and new at the same time. Because languages change continuously.

[@rytisliaucys3444]

Lithuanian has changed the least from the original Indo-European language and is therefore the closest to a prototype of what Indo-Europeans spoke like. There was a video somewhere of some English scientists reconstructing numbers in Proto-Indo European. Surprise surprise, it sounded exactly like Lithuanian :)

[@shqiptariidukagjinit5650]

Albanian has barley changed, Greek has probably only added new words, and I don’t know about the other two

[@duesen756]

@@rytisliaucys3444 pretty much the same thing with latvian, but Latvian had more influence of finnic, germanic and slavic languages. Lithuanian might be closer to Proto Indo-European but Latvia probably follows just behind

[@musicalettica]

@@duesen756 As for the similarity of the Latvian and Lithuanian languages ​​to Sanskrit - in general, this is also true. It should be noted that the Latvian language is much more "modern", as opposed to the Lithuanian language, which has preserved unique archaic language, which makes it interesting for scientists.

[@IndoAryan]

@@duesen756 Sanskrit is older than lithuanian language..The history of Vedas dates back to about 3000 BC

[@raulepure9840]

You confused old with conservative The oldest means that branched earlier, so baltics can not be oldest, for sure albanian is not as well, for greeks is much harder to say, probably anatolians were the earliest to branch but they are all dead now.

[@fidenemini111]

Old are already dead languages.

[@gabrifroja5186]

The expression "the oldest language" makes no sense linguistically speaking. Every language continually evolves, there's no such thing as the "oldest language".

[@gaborodriguez1346]

As a Spanish speaker, I don't understand a fukk, but all sound well, especially Latvian. But it's worth noting that Old ≠ Conservative. For example, French is the first romance language to be written, but not necessarily the most conservative.

[@latviabalkanumuzika1514]

It's too conservative Latvians don't use words like internet or telephone instead they have tīmeklis = internet Tālrunis =Telephone Dators = Computer and soo on

[@gaborodriguez1346]

@@latviabalkanumuzika1514 Too conservative for me.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

@@gaborodriguez1346 ¿Really?

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

You again!

[@namas000]

why do i want to go to Albania now....?

[@algislangvenis4942]

Greetings Albania, your Iliric is unique, how you survived during Romans, in mountains? Some of these old family names are Lituanian some Greek, guess which: Kipras, Vamvakaris, Tsipras, Keturakis, Keruakis, Vakaris

[@endritloshi]

Algis Langvenis Basically only “Albanian” survived from all the illyrian languages and that most likley because they hid in the southern dinaric alps and that saved the language from disappearing. Also 40-50% of words in the Albanian language are of Latin origin. A historian said that if the Roman Empire lasted hundred more years the Albanian language would not exist today.

[@lemonlemonlemon8663]

@@endritloshi Lmao how Albanian sounds like a Latin language thats funny

[@endritloshi]

@@lemonlemonlemon8663 Where did i say that Albanian sounds like a Latin language please?

[@waymilky442]

@@lemonlemonlemon8663 It doesn't. It's not a Latin language. Why does it sound "funny" to you?

[@waymilky442]

@@endritloshi I wouldn't say 50%. Latin also was likely influenced by Illyrian but reasearchers are biased to think anything is Latin and Hellenic.

[@meneither3834]

Where's Basque ?

[@L0nkero]

I could almost confuse latvian to estonian lol.

[@desa3887]

Isn't that the Greek junta flag for Greece?

[@fidenemini111]

No, it's Junta's flag for Greece.

[@selena_rada]

Albania i love.

[@milotfokusi2124]

Thank you, are you Italian ?

[@irinellupu1844]

In center-east europe albanian language are older...

[@ss_super_steve]

no

[@lindholmpaskaalainen3009]

Albanian sounds like French , Italian and Hungarian combined

[@ylliriaalbania326]

Ahahhaahha

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

Jajjjjj!🤣😂🤣

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

Grover S. Krantz: The Hungarians are the progenitors of European civilization Grover S. Krantz (1931-2002), a world-renowned American anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, in his work "The Geographical Formation of European Languages", recognizes Hungarian, which until now has been treated as a stepchild of Europe, as the founder of Europe's civilization. According to him, the u.n. "Indo-European languages" developed very late in Europe. That is why 30% of their vocabulary is not of "Indo-European" origin, and there are no "Indo-European" river names on the early maps of Europe. We are more interested in the following sentence: "...so the Greek language was formed in its current location in 6500 BC, and the Celtic language in Ireland in 3500 BC. The antiquity of the Hungarian language in the Carpathian Basin is similarly surprising; I find that its origins lead to the Mesolithic, preceding the Stone Age." Furthermore: "At least on one important point, the theory of people's migration is the opposite of the previous theorem. It is generally believed that the Hungarians of the Urals lived in the 9th century. century, they moved into the Carpathian basin from an eastern area. I find that all groups speaking the Uralic language spread from Hungary, in a much earlier age, in the opposite direction." Grover S. Krantz, The Geographical Formation of European Languages. (Ősi Örökségünk Alapítvány, Budapest, 2000) Original title and publisher of the work: Geographical Development of European Languages ​​Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York 1988. Translated by: Imre Kálmán

[@serfin01]

The oldest language still spoken in Europe is Euskara. This language is so old that it’s pre-Indoeuropean.

[@carpetanoknight9727]

Pero me imagino que el vídeo se refiere a lenguas indo-europeas, y el euskera no pertenece a esa familia de lenguas junto al húngaro, finés, y estonio. Ojalá algún día se descubra el origen del euskera

[@serfin01]

@@carpetanoknight9727 Quizás se refiera a lenguas indo-europeas, pero no lo dice, y como no lo dice, hay que contestar con la verdad, y la verdad es que dichas lenguas no son en absoluto las más antiguas de Europa, sino el Vasco/ Euskara.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

@@serfin01 La lengua más cringe de Europa

[@serfin01]

@@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya La lingua más misteriosa del mondo

[@ylliriaalbania326]

@@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya El albanes tambien ,la clave de las lenguas

[@irinakolcheva5212]

Yes, they are survived. Paleo Balkan languages like Dacian, Thracian etc.... are extinct. Some of the Baltic languages too. It`s sad.

[@gentimaka9422]

Dacian and Tracian languages are alive in Albanian language.

[@codringhindoc4781]

Lithuanian sounds like Turkish, Russian and Portuguese combined.

[@Ari-nq5rm]

Spot on!

[@woo43]

Did you just say Russian?? Are you gay?

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

More likely Polish, Albanian and Bulgarian

[@woo43]

@@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936 What?

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

@@woo43 mixed with Bulgarian

[@jrbelmonte1466]

Where is Armenian?

[@nichiforalbu9035]

Where is Bask language and Celtic languagies??

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

Grover S. Krantz: The Hungarians are the progenitors of European civilization Grover S. Krantz (1931-2002), a world-renowned American anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, in his work "The Geographical Formation of European Languages", recognizes Hungarian, which until now has been treated as a stepchild of Europe, as the founder of Europe's civilization. According to him, the u.n. "Indo-European languages" developed very late in Europe. That is why 30% of their vocabulary is not of "Indo-European" origin, and there are no "Indo-European" river names on the early maps of Europe. We are more interested in the following sentence: "...so the Greek language was formed in its current location in 6500 BC, and the Celtic language in Ireland in 3500 BC. The antiquity of the Hungarian language in the Carpathian Basin is similarly surprising; I find that its origins lead to the Mesolithic, preceding the Stone Age." Furthermore: "At least on one important point, the theory of people's migration is the opposite of the previous theorem. It is generally believed that the Hungarians of the Urals lived in the 9th century. century, they moved into the Carpathian basin from an eastern area. I find that all groups speaking the Uralic language spread from Hungary, in a much earlier age, in the opposite direction." Grover S. Krantz, The Geographical Formation of European Languages. (Ősi Örökségünk Alapítvány, Budapest, 2000) Original title and publisher of the work: Geographical Development of European Languages ​​Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York 1988. Translated by: Imre Kálmán

[@nichiforalbu9035]

@@benyovszkyistvan408 1. Typical rural inferiority complexes! Are you from the collective farm? 2. Stefan Benyowsky in another life should have been a Slav, but in this one in wich Magyar propaganda brainwashed him, he feels with angry and passion, he must prove to everyone, which kind of a Real and Correct Magyar HE IS , otherwise the realization of his rootlessness and NON-magyarism will lead him to disappointment!!SUCH A PITTY for an IDEAL neophyte and janissar, or as the Huns would say MANKURT ! how generally Nowadays ,,HUNGARIANS,, (ex-slaves and valachs )-ARE............ 3. do you REALLY think that all pre indo-european population of Europe have been Magyars??? they their ancestors fed mosquitoes and fished on the Lozva River and Lake Pelym !!!

[@maximk7816]

all of them sound kinda the same) like Latin)

[@costatv3298]

Indo-European language origin is fake study. the first language of Europe is albanian by far. i know albanian greek english and I'm studying italian and old latin. more than 1000 common european words supposed to came from latin are from albanian and only with our language make a sense. the root of these words is albanian. for example the word complete, supposed to be latin but in albanian is so simple. kom+plot=have+full. i can give you a lot examples

[@i_have-no-friends876]

I'm living in Lithuania

[@englishbyanitalian6868]

Armenia where is?

[@enimusic6895]

Armenian is the oldest

[@zabeliiulet1]

Armenian language is not european

[@zabeliiulet1]

@Accelerator serrano that doesn't make it European

[@nitinsehgalnavi]

Why does this sounds llike priest from indian temple

[@esc19]

Albanian sounds beautiful