Would language be a somewhat accurate source to determine the age of a civilization?

by Rutagerr

For example, there are many Chinese words that mean very specific emotions that the English language does not have a single word on its own to match. Is this because the Chinese language has existed for so much longer than the modern English language and has had time to develop these words?

My apologies if this is the incorrect subreddit to ask this, please kindly redirect me to the appropriate one.

AxisofEmpathy

Check out r/linguistics. Great subreddit.

Algernon_Asimov

In addition to /r/Linguistics (as already mentioned), there's also /r/AskLinguistics, and there are linguists over in /r/AskSocialScience.