[S0122017]

I hold that ancient Hebrew is the ancient languiage from which all Indo-European languages are derived.

But you will find that many words are eerily similar in meaning and construction among most languages, so finding out exactly which one is the oldest is difficult. More likely the oldest language simply does not exist anymore though. I still think that Negev-hebrew is the closest to it, since it is incredibly simple in written depiction (pictographs) yet carry very complex symbolic meaning.

The oldest example of written language is also either hebrew or egyptian, depending on which dating you trust. So that makes it likely that the verbal component is also ancient.

[Vicomte13]

"The oldest example of written language is also either hebrew or egyptian, depending on which dating you trust."

I thought it was cuneiform clay tablets from Sumeria.