So, let's say that i'd like to learn Sumerian and cuneiform writing. Any site that would teach me it? As well, there's a shortage of archeologists 'ere. The reason is quite universal: Why not?
Or something far more lively, Latin. As this language is still used today, are there any resources that could teach me, something as easy as, like, 'Teach yourself latin in one month'?
Paper books preferably.
Or any other oldass langauges that, although no longer in use, have their 'quick tour' resources?
And what do you think about that topic?
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Anonymous2009-06-12 19:38
I think learning ancient languages is a waste of time, since a modern language would be much more useful and as interesting as any other.
Unless, of course, you are into a research field that requires you to know that oldass language (say, archeology)
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Anonymous2009-06-13 16:05
Ok, i understand. But then, there's some charm to ancient languages, like, to know that you posess the knowledge of a language that was spoken long before your civilization even came to existence (in case of sumerian) or to know the language that adds +10 to INT checks (latin).
So be it, any resources on these two languages? Latin won't be hard to find, but i'd like if you know some webpages/have any knowledge about the language itself.
And about sumerian... Well, I tried to find anything. To no avail :(
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Anonymous2009-06-13 17:52
just google it man. there is loads of stuff for latin but i don't know about others.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 22:42
i wonder if windows supports cuneiform fonts
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Anonymous2009-06-13 23:22
External links section of the Wikipedia page on Sumerian has some stuff; dictionaries and grammars are what you're going to want to look for.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 23:25
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Yes, now that it's covered under Unicode. You just need to find a font that covers the Cuneiform range.
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Anonymous2009-06-17 12:23
I would LOVE to learn Sumerian. Wow, that would be so awesome.
Do we even know enough about Sumerian to be able to actually "speak" it? We don't exactly have as much written stuff to work from as we do with Latin.
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Anonymous2009-06-18 5:02
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You could try, but you'd end up sounding like an Akkadian. I wouldn't doubt if many important words are simply missing, either.
My mother is a sumerologist(don't know the exact English term), and she had to learn Latin first to learn Sumerian because she said almost all sources for it were in Latin.
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I was once interested in Latin, but present-day pronunciation standard kills me. I rage every time I hear things like "Sisero" instead of "Kikero", "jentsium" instead of "gentium", "ae" being pronounced "eh" instead of "ai" and other stuff.