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jackhalford | 3 months ago

From wikipedia

> Attested from c. 2900 BC. Went out of vernacular use around 1700 BC; used as a classical language until about 100 AD.

So vernacular use stopped roughly 3725 years ago

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wongarsu|3 months ago

And it hasn't been spoken for almost 2000 years

crowbahr|3 months ago

So why am I learning a language that hasn't been spoken in 50 years?