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  1. 08-26-2015, 10:17 PM #1
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    My favorite was Hittite, what was yours?
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    Also, please note that they made a mistake. What they say is Sumerian is actually Old Babylonian Akkadian.
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    Latin is my favorite, sounds so badass.
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    Hittite sounded like Farsi to me and Old Celtic like..Finnish

    I liked the Old Chinese best
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    How do you know? Because are dead languages we won't ever know how were pronounced.
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    Early middle Japanese is absolutely the best
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    Have to respect those linguists having reconstructed those language and make them sound so naturally.
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