According to a #GreekReporter article, finding the “oldest” languages can be challenging as they are often shrouded in mystery.
However, based on historical evidence and linguistic research, historians and philologists can make educated guesses.
Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record and preserve their knowledge, culture, and history for future generations.
The study of ancient languages, known as philology or historical linguistics, is vital for deciphering ancient texts, understanding cultural interactions, and tracing the migratory patterns of early human populations. Comparative linguistic analysis allows researchers to identify language families and reconstruct proto-languages, which can provide insights into prehistoric societies and their ways of life.
https://greekreporter.com/2024/07/31/oldest-languages-origins-writing/
Regardless of the language, writing includes spelling, capitalization, punctuation, handwriting and keyboarding, and sentence structure (e.g., learning to eliminate run-ons and sentence fragments). Basic writing skills are sometimes called the “mechanics” of writing.