Peat moss soil amendment, made of partly decayed, dried sphagnum moss. Decayed, dried sphagnum moss has the name of peat or peat moss. This is used as a soil conditioner which increases the soil's capacity to hold water and nutrients by increasing capillary forces and cation exchange capacity.hese peat accumulations then provide habitat for a wide array of peatland plants, including sedges and ericaceous shrubs, as well as orchids and carnivorous plants. Sphagnum and the peat formed from it do not decay readily because of the phenolic compounds embedded in the moss's cell walls.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: If you are asking the oldest known language then the Sumerian or possibly Egyptian. If you are asking for the oldest still SPOKEN language then that is hard to say. As you have pointed out, most languages are evolving. Many languages (such as English) from 500 years ago could not be recognized as the same language today.
The Mayan language family is one of the best documented and most studied in the Americas. Modern Mayan languages descend from Proto-Mayan, a language thought to have been spoken at least 5,000 years ago; it has been partially reconstructed using the comparative method.