cm0002@literature.cafe to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoThe perfect languagelemmy.mlimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
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minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoNowhere as many as Latin. As far as ancient languages, Egyptian magical texts definitely outnumber Akkadian and Sumerian. A large number of surviving Akkadian texts are commercial or official records. The most famous is probably the complaint against Ea Nasir.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoUnfortunately we know what latin sounds like (though most of hollywood has only a vague concept), and nobody speaks ancient Egyptian of Akkadian. From what I gather even reading either is a nightmare…
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Nowhere as many as Latin. As far as ancient languages, Egyptian magical texts definitely outnumber Akkadian and Sumerian.
A large number of surviving Akkadian texts are commercial or official records. The most famous is probably the complaint against Ea Nasir.
Unfortunately we know what latin sounds like (though most of hollywood has only a vague concept), and nobody speaks ancient Egyptian of Akkadian.
From what I gather even reading either is a nightmare…
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