Does anyone have any experience learning ancient languages? I'm NEET currently and was interested in learning cuneiform/sumerian script, any recommended reading? I can't find anything online
I remember taking a latin course a couple years ago, I had a lot of fun with that
Though of course cuneiform is a whole nother can of worms
>>1346023
Why tho
Actual cuneiform script is tough as shit because each word is a unique logogram, kinda like Chinese, depending on how far back you go. It'll take ages to learn. As far as the language itself, if you know any Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew) you might have a tiny leg up on the Akkadian cuneiform. Otherwise, you're stuck with Sumerian, a language isolate.
For a language a little closer to home, I recommend you look into Old Persian, vaguely related to English. They took cuneiform and turned it into an alphabet.
If you know or have studied standard Arabic, then learning most ancient Semitic languages (Akkadian, Phoenician, Ugaritic, Hebrew, Syriac, Nabateaen, etc.) is a piece of cake.
This is because standard Arabic has retained most of the original characteristics of proto-Semitic as opposed to the other Semitic languages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJ-OK4jiSY
>>1346179
what was the book you found on sumerian?
>>1346354
>>1346364
this is gonna be a tough one unless you got any clue about linguistics, but good luck man. sumerian's a beauty, waiting to be unveiled
