How Did Ancient Languages Work?

Check out part two! https://youtu.be/FEj4ZrF2NNY It's no surprise to learn how much languages change over the centuries and millennia, especially considering that most of the world's most widely spoken languages today didn't even exist 2,000 years ago, and many of the ancient world's most prominent language are now completely extinct. So what exactly were some of these now dead and extinct languages like? 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Latin 3:23 - Greek 4:47 - Etruscan 5:53 - Egyptian 7:10 - Phoenician 8:14 - Sumerian MUSIC: "On a Hunt" by Philip Ayers* "Cold Journey" by Alexander Nakarada "Swinging with the Sultan" by Doug Maxwell "A Celtic Blessing" by Bonnie Grace* "Egyptology" by Sight of Wonders* "Caravan Trails" by Sight of Wonders* "Golden Sea" by Jon Sumner* "First Visit to Jordan" by Sight of Wonders* (*via EpidemicSound) 👕 MERCH! https://crowdmade.com/collections/khanubis 📖 SOURCES: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_enn7NIo-S0 3) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Greek-language/The-Greek-alphabet 4) https://www.etymonline.com/word/satellite 5) https://omniglot.com/writing/etruscan.htm 6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language 7) https://www.ancient.eu/article/17/the-phoenician-alphabet--language/ 8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_language#Vocabulary_and_word_formation 9) https://omniglot.com/writing/sumerian.htm 10) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_language#Grammatical_overview *Just because I have sources doesn't mean my research is infallible. Though I aim for as much accuracy as I can manage, there are likely some facts I have gotten wrong. -- RELATED VIDEOS: Spoken Roman Latin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOXcgI8oJQ Spoken Ancient Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNlzQ6Trr3Q Spoken Etruscan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRXNhZP8QnA Spoken Egyptian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkZ9WG7QauI Spoken Phoenician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2mK-0sAIps Spoken Sumerian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLEwLkU1HY 👥 JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER! https://discord.gg/RFrqp2M 💶 SUPPORT KHANUBIS ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/khanubis Or make one-time payments at paypal.me/khanubis THANK YOU, BRONZE AGE+ PATRONS! Adri Cortesia, Anonymous Freak, Mikkel R P Wilson, Rebanics, Nif Lindsay, Tobi Burch-Rates, Up and Atom http://www.khanubis.tv