Question: who was the first language spoken in the world
Answer: 2690 BC Egyptian Egyptian hieroglyphs in the tomb of Seth - Peribsen ( 2nd Dynasty ) , Umm el - Qa'ab `` proto - hieroglyphic '' inscriptions from about 3300 BC ( Naqada III ; see Abydos , Egypt , Narmer Palette ) 26th century BC Sumerian Instructions of Shuruppak , the Kesh temple hymn and other cuneiform texts from Shuruppak and Abu Salabikh ( Fara period ) `` proto - literate '' period from about 3500 BC ( see Kish tablet ) ; administrative records at Uruk and Ur from c.