Classical language information

A classical language is any language with an independent literary tradition and a large body of ancient written literature. In the context of traditional...

of Indic text. The Indian classical languages, or the Shastriya Bhasha or the Semmozhi, is an umbrella term for the languages of India having high antiquity...

the distinction of classical language to Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu. This status is given to languages that have a rich heritage...

Archaic or Epic period (c. 800–500 BC), and the Classical period (c. 500–300 BC). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians...

The classical Japanese language (文語 bungo, "literary language"), also called "old writing" (古文 kobun), sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese" is...

Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from c. the 5th century BCE. For millennia thereafter, the...

oratory, and is also the liturgical language of Islam. Classical Arabic is, furthermore, the register of the Arabic language on which Modern Standard Arabic...

Classical Mongolian was the literary language of Mongolian that was first introduced shortly after 1600, when Ligdan Khan set his clergy the task of translating...

is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused...

Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of...

is one of the six languages designated as a classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world. Modern...

or other symbols instead of Syriac script. The Syriac language (/ˈsɪriæk/ SIH-ree-ak; Classical Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Leššānā Sūryāyā, Leššono...

and Latin survive only in Armenian translation. Classical Armenian continues to be the liturgical language of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian...

Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Considered a dead language, Latin was originally...

can be described as classical architecture. This broad use of the term is employed by Sir John Summerson in The Classical Language of Architecture. The...

Kalimantan. Classical Malay, also called Court Malay, was the literary standard of the pre-colonial Malacca and Johor Sultanates and so the language is sometimes...

Oriya /ɒˈriːə/) is an Indo-Aryan classical language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered as Orissa)...

of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala...

administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages. The...

The Classical Language of Architecture is a 1965 compilation of six BBC radio lectures given in 1963 by Sir John Summerson. It is a 60-some page discussion...

movement of Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) to achieve the officially recognised status of the "Classical language of India" is advocated...

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and...

from Classical Arabic: Classical Arabic is a sister language rather than their direct ancestor. Arabia had a wide variety of Semitic languages in antiquity...

an artificial language. However, Latinitas was a form of sermo (spoken language), and as such, retains spontaneity. No texts by Classical Latin authors...

Maya (or properly Classical Chʼoltiʼ) is the oldest historically attested member of the Mayan language family. It is the main language documented in the...

Classical Tibetan refers to the language of any text written in Tibetic after the Old Tibetan period. Though it extends from the 12th century until the...

introduction of terms from classical languages, often through poetry) was an important part of the reclamation of status for the English language, and many historically...

Romans Classical tradition, the reception of classical Greco-Roman antiquity by later cultures Classics, study of the language and culture of classical antiquity...

Aztec codices List of extinct languages of North America Mesoamerican language area "Ethnologue summary for Classical Nahuatl". Archived from the original...

Its classical form is known as "Middle Egyptian." This was the vernacular of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, and it remained the literary language of Egypt...