A halin yanzu, akwai kusan harsuna 6000 a duniya. Akwai mahawara mai cike da cece-ku-ce game da wane ne a cikinsu shi ne magabata, harshen farko na ’yan Adam. Masana kimiyya har yanzu suna neman hujja ta gaske game da yare mafi tsufa.
Yi la'akari da dama na asali da tsofaffin kayan aikin rubutu da magana a Duniya.
Rubutun farko na rubuce-rubuce a cikin Sinanci sun samo asali ne shekaru 3000 da suka gabata a daular Zhou. Da shigewar lokaci, harshen Sinanci ya bunkasa, kuma a yau, mutane biliyan 1,2 suna da nau'in Sinanci a matsayin harshensu na farko. Shi ne yaren da ya fi shahara a duniya wajen yawan masu magana.
Farkon rubutun Girkanci ya koma 1450 BC. An fi amfani da Girkanci a Girka, Albaniya da Cyprus. Kimanin mutane miliyan 13 ke magana. Harshen yana da dogon tarihi kuma yana da tarihi kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin harsunan Turai.
Harshen na cikin rukunin harshen Afroasian ne. An zana bangon kaburburan Masar a cikin harshen Masar na dā, wanda ya kasance a 2600-2000 BC. Wannan harshe ya ƙunshi zanen tsuntsaye, kuliyoyi, macizai har ma da mutane. A yau, Masarawa ta kasance a matsayin harshen liturgical na Cocin 'yan Koftik (ainihin cocin Kirista a Masar, wanda St. Markus ya kafa. A halin yanzu mabiya Cocin 'yan Koftik a Masar sun kai kashi 5% na yawan jama'a).
Masu bincike sun yi imanin cewa Sanskrit, harshen da ya yi tasiri sosai ga dukan Turawa, ya fito ne daga Tamil. Sanskrit shine yaren gargajiya na Indiya, tun shekaru 3000 da suka gabata. Har yanzu ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin harshen hukuma na ƙasar, kodayake amfanin yau da kullun yana da iyaka.
Ya kasance na dangin ƙungiyar harshen Indo-Turai. Bisa ga sabbin bayanai, harshen ya wanzu tun 450 BC.
Ya bayyana kusan a cikin 1000 BC. Tsohon yaren Semitic ne kuma harshen hukuma na ƙasar Isra'ila. Shekaru da yawa, Ibrananci shine yaren da aka rubuta don matani masu tsarki don haka ana kiransa "harshe mai tsarki".
Yawancin masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa binciken asalin bayyanar harshe ba shi da kyau saboda rashin gaskiya, shaida da tabbaci. A cewar ka'idar, buƙatar magana ta taso ne lokacin da mutum ya fara ƙulla ƙungiya don farauta.