Ancient Languages

There are quite literally countless ancient languages and languages that have gone extinct, so our objective with the information presented here is to simply provide an overview of some of the more commonly known/heard-of ancient languages, and facilitate language afficionados to learn some more about them.

For a more comprehensive guide and listing of all ancient and extinct languages, you could see this excellent resource for general information on those.

Below you will find a basic list of the most widely heard-of ancient languages:

Akkadian

Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Greek

Ancient Hebrew

Ancient Viking (Old Norse)

Aramaic

Celtic (Gaelic) Languages

Latin

Sanskrit