How to raise a language from the dead

Started by Lisa, April 27, 2011, 04:41:16 PM

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Lisa

IO9 has an interesting article on resurrecting dead languages.

http://io9.com/#!5796225/how-to-raise-a-language-from-the-dead

"How do we know what ancient Egyptian sounded like, or Old English? Linguistics gives us the tools to reconstruct lost languages from the words we speak today. Here's how it's done."


I don't know how accurate it is, but it all sounded quite logical to me.  :)
Oeru syaw "Tirea Ikran" kop slä frakrrmi layu oe "Grammar Skxawng"   :)

Seseni

Very cool article. I used to dabble in Middle Kingdom -era Egyptian but of course had no idea what it sounded like (in fact my username is believed to mean lotus). I think the guy who developed Abydos' language in the original Stargate movie used a similiar process, where he invented a dialect based on Ancient Egyption for the actors to speak.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

Kamean

Tse'a ngal ke'ut a krr fra'uti kame.


wm.annis

Quote from: Seseni on April 27, 2011, 05:16:02 PMI think the guy who developed Abydos' language in the original Stargate movie used a similiar process, where he invented a dialect based on Ancient Egyption for the actors to speak.

Well, we do have Coptic to draw some clues from, too.