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Barring English, I only speak "dead" languages. Am I a polyglot still? Latin, Koine & Classic Greek, ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and am at "coffee" level in a few
by pard68 2y ago
Barring English, I only speak "dead" languages. Am I a polyglot still? Latin, Koine & Classic Greek, ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and am at "coffee" level in a few ANE/Semitic languages.
- yau8edq12i 2y agoNo, you're not a "polyglot".
- arisAlexis 2y agoYes you are a polyglot. The fascinating thing is that soon you will be able to chat with an AI in these languages (have you even tried speaking to chatgpt on latin?)
- pard68 2y agoI hadn't even considered it
- richwater 2y agoNo offense, but what is the "point" in this?
- SamBam 2y agoWhat's the point in reading Shakespeare, or recognizing a Monet painting, or knowing Ancient Greek history or Norse mythology?
- pard68 2y agoIn dead languages? Loads of important documents are written in dead languages. I can read them for myself without the interpretation of another. The point in asking? I only know a single language that is spoken outside of schools, I'm curious if those dead languages still qualify for "polyglot" status. Seems the definition is nebulous.
- emporas 2y agoSanskrit is an important one IMO. I have tried to learn sanskrit in the past, didn't manage to do so, too few resources. Dead languages, might not be dead for very long, machines do better in grammar and syntax nowadays.
- pard68 2y agoSanskrit and a few others are very difficult. We talked about it in an ANE Langs course but never even got to "coffee" level?
- golemiprague 2y ago[dead]