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global_gizzy
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21 November 2009 at 9:14pm | IP Logged

Wow, never knew BeoWolf was in Old English...never cared to read Beowolf at all. I may have to rethink that now....
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22 November 2009 at 4:59am | IP Logged

Captain Haddock wrote:

True. While Old English has a sizeable amount of literature and is very interesting in its own right, it lacks the
prestige and cultural influence of a classical language, a term which is usually reserved for Latin, Greek,
Chinese, Arabic, and Sanskrit. (In India, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu are also considered classical languages.)

I'd be tempted to add Georgian to that list; it has a very long literary tradition, and it's absolutely fascinating how it combines Arab and Indic elements.

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