I'm not sure what you mean by "sophisticated". Languages in the 16th century were just as complex as they always have been. The vocabularies might be bigger or

I'm not sure what you mean by "sophisticated". Languages in the 16th century were just as complex as they always have been. The vocabularies might be bigger or smaller compared to today. Certainly no one was saying "bae" back then (for instance), but no one calls each other "thou" today, either. EDIT: except for the older generations of Geordies, apparently.