Favourite Dead Language?

[Sarkhaan]

Do the petroglyphs the Taíno Indians made count?

dead languages don't have to be written languages....so the language of the Taino Indians by itself, even without the petroglyphs, would probably count (assuming it's dead)

[Buffett and Colbert]

Do the petroglyphs the Taíno Indians made count?

If they depict a language that was actively spoken by the Taino, I'm sure they would count.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell.... I suppose they do. But you would probably have multiple representations of a single thing. I doubt there was a standard. But hey, nowadays it doesn't seem like there's a standard in the English language!

[New Limacon]

How do they talk about airplanes or the Internet?

Maybe they use kennings, so airplane would be "metal-bird," and Internet would be something like "fool-web."
I like Old English. Not exactly pretty, but has a nice beat.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Do the petroglyphs the Taíno Indians made count?

dead languages don't have to be written languages....so the language of the Taino Indians by itself, even without the petroglyphs, would probably count (assuming it's dead)

The thing is I don't think they spoke a more or less uniform language, but instead, wrote in one. But then again, we do know Taíno words today, so that must mean they had to speak in some sort of a language....

[Sarkhaan]

Do the petroglyphs the Taíno Indians made count?

dead languages don't have to be written languages....so the language of the Taino Indians by itself, even without the petroglyphs, would probably count (assuming it's dead)

The thing is I don't think they spoke a more or less uniform language, but instead, wrote in one. But then again, we do know Taíno words today, so that must mean they had to speak in some sort of a language....

Well, English was anything but uniform up untill Johnson's dictionary, and even then, took a while to really equalize. The language of the power triangle (the triangle of London, Cambridge, and Oxford) is what today is "English", but the language itself varied greatly around the island (vox v. fox, euf v. egg, etc)

[GetBert]

Crimean Gothic or Modern Gutnish

[Efelmoren]

I wasn't paying attention and voted for Old English, but my true favorite is Old Norse.

[Megaloria]

whatever that guy is speaking in the song "Jungle Boogie".

[Greenlandic People]

For me it would have to be Old Norse.

[Everyone is a Pony]

Latin

Amen.

If I had the patience, time, and more motivation, I'd actually put some effort into learning it.

Though I suppose that's true of just about anything. >.>

[Sorgan]

I voted ancient Greek. It's beautiful and capable of putting a ton of nuances in just a short sentence.

Adiac Greek?

[Farnhamia]

I voted ancient Greek. It's beautiful and capable of putting a ton of nuances in just a short sentence.

Adiac Greek?

Adiac? Do you mean the Greek of Athens, Attic?

[Pope Joan]

I like koine Greek.

I also really enjoy hearing spoken Hebrew, but then it isn't dead.