Can we have a thread dedicated to Languages, specifically older ones.
Are there any good books/ works in Koine or Attic Greek?
Who /beginningtolearnlatin/ here.
>>348934
I took it years ago and decided to not major in history because i like money.
What are some good resources for Old English?
How useful is learning latin?
Outside of the common language(old english, latin, ancient greek, etc) is it practical to learn any dead language? For example, not that I want to learn it, but are there any good resources that have information of proto-slavic?
>>350577
>old english
easy my nigga
>learning latin
Don't know, doing it at the moment.
Learn proto-indoyuropeen
>>348934
me
>>348600
New Testament for starters.
>>350577
Latin should be mandatory if you want to be considered educated. It lays a tremendous foundation for all things law and medicine, and has the added bonus of being the language of some pretty profound works.
Most private schools in the USA at least used to require Latin (and no not just the Catholic ones).
Should I consider taking Ancient Greek or Modern Greek?
>tfw no east Germanic
>>350742
Modern Greek is pretty worthless.
>>350742
Ancient Greek has a wealth of literature; Modern has Zorba the Greek I suppose.
niwapania kwa sababu wanatushambulia
Arabic learner here.
I am about to translate al-Kitab of Sibawayh because I'm fucking tired of not knowing the subtleties of the grammar that cannot be taught Western-style such as the weird particles or the sisters and all that shit.
>>348600
Look into the Life of Charlemagne by Einhard. There are very good books out there where it is a side-by-side translation against the original Latin work. It is useful for picking up on phrases and such. Helped me anyway.
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ein.html
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.asp
If you want to switch back and forth between tabs on the in, just line up the numbers.
>1. The Merovingian Family
>[1] Gens Meroingorum
Enjoy!
>>352925
I typed inter-net out, but for reason it ended up as "in"
Is this like them turning c u c k into "kek" or senpai into "senpai"?
>textboards
Multae vaginae victae ab pene meo sunt.
>>352006
know any good online resources for Levantine arabic? Very early beginner here
Why is it that Hunnic, the language of the Hunnic Empire (Attila and his steppeniggas), is unknown in its origin, but modern Hungarian is apparently a different language entirely and is URALLIC of all things?
Id figure firstly that Hungarian would be Hunnic in origin, but instead of that its something else, and that something else STILL makes no sense.
>not studying formal language
>not basing linguistic systems on group theory
>Noam Kuckski
Never going top make it
>>353776
May I ask the purpose for learning Shami specifically?
