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12 September 2008 at 6:18am | IP Logged

Same with hittite, though there may be more logic to it than seems, A working knowledge of basic Sumerian is necessary for Hittite and possibly Akkadian who borrowed Sumerian glyphs and use them as words or modifiers (but presumably pronounced them as their Hittite or Akkadian counterparts.)
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25 July 2009 at 4:16pm | IP Logged

I highly recommend Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs by James P. Allen.

As for the others, try the link below...
https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_2PH0LMBGY.HTM
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25 July 2009 at 8:42pm | IP Logged

The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the World's Ancient Languages, edited by Roger Woodard.
There is quite a bit on Wikipedia about most of these languages. How accurate it is, I don't know.
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26 July 2009 at 12:30am | IP Logged

Volte wrote:

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Does ASCII code for cuneiform and Hieroglyphs?

Absolutely not; ASCII is a rather small standard, with only 128 values, many of which aren't characters in any writing system.

I think you meant Unicode. If so, the answer is yes (since 2006) and no (though there are draft proposals), respectively.

Egyptologists apparently usually transliterate into ASCII (aka, the alphabet we're currently exchanging messages with, to oversimplify matters). It looks messy at a glance.

Wikipedia's coverage of the transliteration of ancient Egyptian may be of interest to you, as may a page on Unicode fonts for ancient scripts.

How are they transliterating exactly, perhaps with ASCII-art? ^_^

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26 July 2009 at 9:42pm | IP Logged

Hi people! I am new in this forum. I currently try to teach myself latin. I need a piece of advise. What is the best self-teaching textbook for learning latin on market. I came across "Latin via Ovid" . Can anyone tell me, please? Is this textbook good to learn latin on my own or there are other suggestions?

thank you

I would be very appreciated for your answers

sincerely,

Sergey
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27 July 2009 at 12:13am | IP Logged

@skhval
The Cambridge Latin Course (a little tedious, but a good intro to Latin), and Reading Latin by Peter V. Jones and Keith C. Sidwell. ;D

Edited by J.C. on 27 July 2009 at 12:16am
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27 July 2009 at 2:08am | IP Logged

The Lingua Latina course is also very good.
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27 July 2009 at 5:05am | IP Logged

Thank you guys! Yes, I saw "Lingua latina" and "reading latin" on amazon.com and it seemed to me that 'lingua latina' is a reader book rather than grammar. If I am not wrong. Regarding of "reading latin', I do not know if this book has answer key to the exercises ??

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