Which is the most ancient language

It depends on whether they are talking about spoken, written, or both combined. I'm assuming the question was also asking about what is the oldest language that is still spoken, since you answered correctly for the oldest language, but just not the one spoken continuously. Sanskrit, as you know, is the oldest language, but has not been spoken continuously. It was the main form of communication in the 4th millennium BC, but then was forgotten about as new languages evolved, and used almost exclusively as a ceremonial language(much like Latin is used today). Others base their opinion on what language was written down first. There are several contenders here. The Chinese, Greek, Sumerian, and Egyptian languages. The only difference between these is whether they are surviving languages or not. Egyptian and Sumerian are not longer spoken where as Chinese and Greek are. According to Wikepedia, the Chinese and Greek both originated around 1500 BC. There are also some sources that say that Albanian is the oldest known language. The language can be dated back to 3200 BC but only as a spoken language(it however does not mention how they know this...they must have had tape recorded back then too :) ) but was not written down until 500 BC. One of the more interesting things that Wikepedia mentions, however, is that there are scientists who are looking for more written ancient Sumerian to be able to study the written language. They are supposedly the first to have a written language(other than pictures like cavemen), and since they were the first ones, they want to study the link between the spoken and written language. So basically, no one still knows, but there are a couple of major contenders. I would write the quiz creator and ask them what they think the answer is.

Sanskrit is the most ancient language.It is one of the most cassical of languages and is even known to be the language best suited for Software.

Sanskrit WAS the oldest Indo-European language until Hittite was discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites http://www.crystalinks.com/hittites.html I thought myself it would have been Chinese but that only goes back to 11th century BC instead of 14th century BC ...

well if the test was designed to accept a correct answer...Hebrew would be the correct answer. and then other languages branched out from there

it is hebrew

Chinese is the oldest language.