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Kind of a thin article, but interesting. If anyone here is working on learning “dead” languages, what’re some tips and resources? I’ve been learning German and

Kind of a thin article, but interesting. If anyone here is working on learning “dead” languages, what’re some tips and resources? I’ve been learning German and French, but there’s plenty of resources for those two since there’s a lot of media (plus news channels that are helpful). Would like to add Latin and Greek at some point, but unlike German and French there aren’t daily news podcasts to turn on to learn the pronunciation and vocabulary. Like the article implies, it does take some dedication.

JNRowe 6y ago
While Nuntii Latini¹ shut down a couple of years ago, their back catalogue is still available². It won't put the new in news, but it is less stale than Latin ;) ¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini ² https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-1931339 https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-1931339
- remarkEon 6y ago
  Favorited, thanks for the link. I did find some good youtube channels tonight while researching this more. Listening to the pronunciation ... boy I have some work to do. I've gotten lazy with casual German pronunciation, but Latin is going to require way more practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG20eJE4WDo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG20eJE4WDo
  - unhammer 6y ago
    Especially if you want to perfect Latin-as-spoken-by-Finnish-newscaster =D
    - Koshkin 6y ago
      The pronunciation is pretty good, actually. It is very close to the sound of Classical Latin (as far as we can tell), and not being a native speaker of a modern Indo-European language probably helps, too.
- mjklin 6y ago
  For TikTok users, Pat Mandziy plays a Latin-speaking Roman soldier pretty well: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe8UYgKH/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe8UYgKH/
veddox 6y ago
I know some Koine Greek and am just starting on Hebrew, both of which I wanted to learn to help me understand the Bible better (as a Christian). For Greek, I bought myself a textbook to get started and did a lot of vocabulary on Memrise. To keep up my interest, I started reading "real texts" as quickly as possible, using a bilingual edition of the New Testament. It's worked fairly well, I can read and understand ~80% of the NT, though my grasp of the grammar is still thin. I'm using the same approach for Hebrew now, hope it works again. Latin is also on my learning list because of its importance in studying history, but I haven't seriously gotten to it yet.
- remarkEon 6y ago
  Yeah learning Latin is motivated partially by my attending TLM (at least, before covid). Picking up some old Biblical translations is a good idea, thanks for the tip.
  - padraic7a 6y ago
    Tridentine Latin Mass?
    - remarkEon 6y ago
      They still exist, yes.
  - danielam 6y ago
    The Clementine Vulgate is a great example here. You can buy a copy with the Douay-Rheims translation alongside the Latin from Baronius Press, or read it online[0]. [0] http://catholicbible.online/side_by_side/NT/Jn http://catholicbible.online/side_by_side/NT/Jn

JNRowe 6y ago

While Nuntii Latini¹ shut down a couple of years ago, their back catalogue is still available². It won't put the new in news, but it is less stale than Latin ;) ¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini ² https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-1931339 https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-1931339

remarkEon 6y ago
Favorited, thanks for the link. I did find some good youtube channels tonight while researching this more. Listening to the pronunciation ... boy I have some work to do. I've gotten lazy with casual German pronunciation, but Latin is going to require way more practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG20eJE4WDo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG20eJE4WDo
- unhammer 6y ago
  Especially if you want to perfect Latin-as-spoken-by-Finnish-newscaster =D
  - Koshkin 6y ago
    The pronunciation is pretty good, actually. It is very close to the sound of Classical Latin (as far as we can tell), and not being a native speaker of a modern Indo-European language probably helps, too.
mjklin 6y ago
For TikTok users, Pat Mandziy plays a Latin-speaking Roman soldier pretty well: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe8UYgKH/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe8UYgKH/

veddox 6y ago

I know some Koine Greek and am just starting on Hebrew, both of which I wanted to learn to help me understand the Bible better (as a Christian). For Greek, I bought myself a textbook to get started and did a lot of vocabulary on Memrise. To keep up my interest, I started reading "real texts" as quickly as possible, using a bilingual edition of the New Testament. It's worked fairly well, I can read and understand ~80% of the NT, though my grasp of the grammar is still thin. I'm using the same approach for Hebrew now, hope it works again. Latin is also on my learning list because of its importance in studying history, but I haven't seriously gotten to it yet.

remarkEon 6y ago
Yeah learning Latin is motivated partially by my attending TLM (at least, before covid). Picking up some old Biblical translations is a good idea, thanks for the tip.
- padraic7a 6y ago
  Tridentine Latin Mass?
  - remarkEon 6y ago
    They still exist, yes.
- danielam 6y ago
  The Clementine Vulgate is a great example here. You can buy a copy with the Douay-Rheims translation alongside the Latin from Baronius Press, or read it online[0]. [0] http://catholicbible.online/side_by_side/NT/Jn http://catholicbible.online/side_by_side/NT/Jn