Ancient languages

Aramaic (ארמית, Arāmît): The Aramaic alphabet was adaptaed from the Phoenician alphabet during the 8th century BC and was used to write the Aramaic language until about 600 AD. The Aramaic alphabet was adapted to write quite a few other languages, and developed into a number of new alphabets, including the Hebrew square script and cursive script, Nabataean, Syriac, Palmyrenean, Mandaic, Sogdian, Mongolian and probably the Old Turkic script. (...)

Here are 50 Different Written Languages. Can You Tell Which are Fake? - Core77

Enya- fictional language based on elvish language from lotr and Gaelic languages

Celestial

Greek Alphabet - maybe have the kids write out their names in greek?

Chapter 3 - The First Writing, Story of The World Today we read chapter 3 which was a short chapter on the earliest people to use writings, i.e. the Egyptians and Sumerians. The girls then cut out the relevant lapbooking piece from The Chronicles of the Earth blog. They had to write something in both hieroglyphs and cuneiform into a little fold over matchbook. I printed out the heiroglyph alphabet from here Heiroglyph Chart and each girl then wrote something for the other person to decipher…

Just as humans have evolved, so have the languages that they speak. With each generation, language has changed in both big and small ways. While some languages evolve into different dialects, others go extinct. A handful remain unchanged from the time of their origin. Ever wondered what the oldest language in the world is, and if it’s still spoken? Here are some interesting facts about the oldest languages in the world.

I receive weekly reminders of my linguistic ignorance whenever I read anything by authors fluent in Latin.

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I got: Ancient Greek! Which Language Did You Speak In A Past Life?

Vine alphabet

In case you ever need to know:

Runes

A modified version of the Hieroglyphic chart from Group. It includes a description of the character.