ancient languages
Latin and Sanskrit
Ancient languages are those no longer spoken as native tongues—Latin, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, Old English.
The term usually implies languages with significant written traditions that scholars still study: She specialized in ancient languages at university.
Some, like Latin, persist in religious or academic contexts without being anyone's first language.
- dead languageTongue no longer spoken natively
- SumerianEarliest known civilization
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- LatinAncient Roman language
biblical studies · sacred texts · Akkadian · cuneiform writing · clay tablet · script · Phoenician · decipherment · Rosetta Stone · Hittite · paleography · Etruscan · Coptic · scroll · Sanskrit · Aramaic · Pali · Mayan
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- classical educationclassical education, Latin, grammar, logic, trivium
- biblical studieshistorical criticism, scriptural study, biblical narratives, Hebrew Bible, textual analysis
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- liberal artshumanities, trivium, philosophy, history, classical education
ancient languagesmodern languages
Currently used linguistic systems
living languages · creoles · pidgins · texting language · Esperanto
ancient languagesliving languages
Languages with native speakers
native languages · mother tongues · vernaculars · lingua francas · official languages
ancient languagesprogramming languages
Formal computer instruction systems
constructed languages · artificial languages · computer languages · emoji