A YouTube channel called World Data has uploaded a video comparing the history of languages in different countries. The video provides a visual representation of how long each language has been in use.
At the same time, you can see how many speakers of each language there are. This can be helpful when you want to know the scale of a language.
The oldest languages in the world
Modern English: 600 years
Korean: 650 years
Italian: 700 years
Vietnamese: 800 years
Hindi: 800 years
Portuguese: 900 years
Swahili: 1,000 years
Ukrainian: 1,000 years
Urdu: 1,000 years
Spanish: 1,000 years
Burmese: 1,050 years
Hungarian: 1,100 years
Russian: 1,100 years
Bengali: 1,100 years
Filipino: 1,120 years
Polish: 1,150 years
Malayalam: 1,200 years
Japanese: 1,200 years
German: 1,260 years
Thai: 1,280 years
Turkish: 1,300 years
Javanese: 1,300 years
Bahasa: 1,300 years
French: 1,300 years
Dutch: 1,400 years
Punjabi: 1,400 years
Malay: 1,500 years
Odia: 1,500 years
Romanian: 1,700 years
Icelandic: 1,800 years
Telegue: 1,800 years
Canatonese: 1,900 years
Finnish: 2,000 years
Kannada: 2,000 years
Arabic: 2,000 years
Basque: 2,200 years
Georgian: 2,300 years
Marathi: 2,300 years
Farsi: 2,500 years
Armenian: 2,600 years
Macedonian: 2,700 years
Latin: 2,700 years
Irish gaelic: 3,000 years
Wu: 3,000 years
Aramaic: 3,500 years
Greek: 3,800 years
Sumerian: 4,000 years
Lithuanian: 4,000 years
Mandarin: 4,500 years
Hebrew: 4,500 years
Coptic: 4,500 years
Sanskrit: 5,000 years
Tamil: 5,000 years