Dead languages! Ones like Ancient Greek, Old English, Old Norse, Old Occitan, Old Church Slavonic... It's no accident that these examples all have "old" or "ancient" in their name. They can still be understood and read and studied today, but the key is that nobody is really fluent, and they're nobody's native tongue.
Dead Languages
Dead Languages
Dead Languages
Dead languages! Ones like Ancient Greek, Old English, Old Norse, Old Occitan, Old Church Slavonic... It's no accident that these examples all have "old" or "ancient" in their name. They can still be understood and read and studied today, but the key is that nobody is really fluent, and they're nobody's native tongue.