Sounds of Ancient Languages - What Old Languages Sounded Like

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Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to hear the ancient Egyptians converse or listen to a philosopher in Ancient Greece? Delve into the past with “The Sound of Ancient Languages - What Old Languages Sounded Like Recreated & Brought to Life”, a mesmerizing journey through the ages that unveils the lost sounds of history.

🔈What's Inside:
00:20 - Ancient Egyptian
01:01 - Ancient Rome
01:24 - Ancient Greek
01:46 - Assyria
02:06 - Aztech
02:29 - The Achaemenid
03:06 - The Akkadians
03:25 - Celtic
04:03- The Hittites
04:33 - The Sumerians
05:01 - The Mayans
05:24 - The Vikings

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[gronizherz]

Once in latin class my professor performed an entire speech (a short one, "only" 5-6 minutes long) by Cicero with all of the proper gesture and rethoric that would have been used, and it was like the school bench became a spectatorial seat in the senate just then. Living history.

[maestroclassico]

The Akkadians are amazing! They are still speaking their language 131 years from NOW according to the date on the screen! 😂

[glishev]

Latin ("Roman" here) here's Medieval, church Latin, not classical. Plus, Latin language (the language of Romans) was changing, so there are differences even in classical Latin. Greek sounded really strange. The Aztecs called themselves Mexica and their language is called Nahuatl.

[fighterofthedreams]

Ancient Greek example is very wrong. As a Greek who understands ancient greek as well, i did not get a single word. Very bad accent, to the point it sounds like something foreign and unrecognisable.

[dancidchen]

2000 AD, we prepared our systems against the Y2k bug but we couldn't save the Sumerians

[serfin]

The Viking guy has two separate personalities 🤣🤣🤣

[vs]

I can't say that you convinced me about how the ancient Greek language sounded.

[Light_spot_]

How calming to watch the ancient human civilizations come to live❤️ thank you for one of the most beautiful videos online.

[marialovespalmtrees]

The Achaemenid guy is saying the Lord's Prayer in what sounds like Syriac Aramaic, and with an odd pronunciation.

[edwardhanson]

This is fascinating. Hearing Egyptian, I could imagine the ancient mystery schools and their power. Listening to the Roman, I could hear all the derivative languages that came from Latin: Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Occitan. In the Mayan, I could hear other Native American languages from the North. Interesting that I didn't have that experience with the Celt language, regarding Irish, Welsh, Scots, or others. Maybe I've watched too many LOTR movies.

[allisonshaw]

Most of the Mayan languages are still spoken (there are 26 of them, and all but 3 are mutually unintelligible), as is Nahuatl. Norse is still largely alive in Iceland, but not so much in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark as those nations' languages have become distinct languages rather than dialects of Norse.

[eddieshamayim]

The greek and assyrian ones have a strong english accent. And the achaemenid is praying The Lord´s Prayer in aramaic!!!

[DonPedroman]

An interesting fact about nahuatl is that it was studied by spanish clerics and it expanded to territories it wasnt present before under spanish rule, as it was used as a lingua franca in Mexico before the broader spread of spanish in later periods penetrated into all places

[Dina-zbiy]

Great Mesopotamia. Assyrian Akkadian, Sumerian and there are more. ❤ proud for being part of this ancient rich land.

[sarahasdfg]

Im so proud to be a direct descendant of the ancient egyptians ❤

[Atreas]

The Greek Civilization should start with the Mycenaeans from the 18th century BC. It is the first distinctly Greek civilization in mainland Greece. Leaving that age out is incomprehensible.

[soheilfiroozfar]

I think there is a mistake here, the Assyrian is actually speaking ancient Persian. He reads the inscription of Cyrus the Great or Darius the First, which explains that he is the king of Assyria, the king of Akkad, the king of Babylon, etc.

[blackscorpio]

Fascinating! AI has come a long way. History is becoming "tangible". I am really interested in hearing what Old Tagalog (Baybayin) or extinct Filipino languages sound like. According to Ethnologue, a total of 182 native languages are spoken in the nation and four languages have been classified as extinct: Dicamay Agta, Katabaga, Tayabas Ayta and Villaviciosa Agta.

[anytajp]

I'm Assyrian and the The Achaemenid is speaking modern Assyrian, I understood all of it. It's Our Father and is currently used in our Churches.

[JefersonPaivFerreira]

1:24 The Assyrian began to speak clearing his throat from the depths of his lungs. 😂