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The End of a Language

Dive into the world of forgotten tongues and explore the indecipherable charm of ancient lexicons. Discover the rich history and uniqueness of languages like French, Lithuanian, and King James English. Unravel the mystery behind archaic words and their enduring significance.

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The End of a Language

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  1. The End of a Language

  2. Star trek universe: French Archaic Language? http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/French_language

  3. Indecipherability of Archaic Languages By: Ashley Williamson B4 2/19/14

  4. What do these terms mean? • Indecipherability: not understandable; incomprehensible. • Archaic: words or phrases that are not used as much as they used to be • Archaic Language: a language that is no longer used or not used as much

  5. Examples: • 17th Century Dutch (indecipherable) • Ottoman Empire Turkish (indecipherable) • Lithuanian (few speakers) • Latvian (few speakers) • King James Version of the Bible (when written, was not widely used English) • Eastern Germanic Languages (Gothic)

  6. Archaic Words • Gardyloo • Puissant • Sweven • Pismire • Ambodexter • Contumelius • Excogigate • Galimaufry • Septentrional • Twattling • Zenzizenzizenzic • Cozen • Hugger-Mugger • Welkin • Attercop • Equipollent • Apricity • Dwimmer-crafty • Sanguinolent • Pizzle

  7. King James: Its own language? King James uses a lot of archaic words which makes it sound like its own language.

  8. Lithuanian Lithuanian is a very old language that helps very much in learning linguistics.

  9. SOurCES http://listverse.com/2011/10/21/20-great-archaic-words/ http://www.lituanus.org/1969/69_3_02.htm http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/French_language http://www.kjvtoday.com/home/language-of-the-kjv https://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/archaic.html http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archaic?show=0&t=1393467218

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