I understood it was Welsh but how that is different to Cornish say I never understood, I would have guess Greek for obvious reason...not Latin, like olden- day French never spoken in the country..... both a language of law and central government. But from GC description of the answer it has to be Basque
Spot on Beth; a small percentage of philologists suggest Welsh, or Hungarian Finnish and Icelandic may be as old as Basque, but the majority view is that Basque is indeed the oldest. It apparently predates the arrival of indo-European languages which arrived 8000 years or so ago. That's why I used the word 'reputed' in my question.
So on the same flavour as GCs last question...what "reputedly" is the oldest national flag, still in use today
reputedly Denmark, although some go for the red dragon of Wales. This can't be right as Wales has never been a united self governing country. [sits back and waits for Beth, my wife and the Swans to debate, safe in the knowledge that I'm nearer to Kiwi than you lot at the moment]
OK, last post of the evening as I head to the bar, and to keep it local......which team is currently bottom of the J-League Division 2. Answer must be correctly spelled.
Well done for spotting the Monty Python link Roller. You win today's top prize of a crisp £50 note* *Probably
