Edited sentence: Also, Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Biblically, the original single language was changed for confusion at the Tower of Babel by the Lord's purpose.In the Biblical flood, all land animals and people that were not on the ark were destroyed, making Noah's three sons those that would repopulate the earth in the many, many years ahead.Prior to the Tower of Babel, the language is not specified, though some say it may be Hebrew as they take Zephaniah 3vs9 to be speaking of the last days before the pre-tribulation, pre-millenial rapture, when Israel is prophesied in the Bible to come back as a country, which it did become in the year of 1948.Shem is considered to be the father of Semitic languages, as well as Abraham(7th great grandfather, 10 generations), due to the location of where he went Biblically and potentially also being Melchizadek king of Salem, due to name changes after the language changes, the age he is recorded to have lived, and as older culture would have had the oldest be the priest of the family