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Greek at 8th century B.C. is the earliest literary language?  How about Hebrew?  Perhaps a definition of literary language (and an explanation of why that is the earliest) would be a needed addition.  I also put back in information that was removed on moods and voices without comment.  If it's in error please remove it with a comment in the talk as to why it is being removed, but if it was accurate, then it appeared to have a place in the article. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 11:32, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

Greek at 8th century B.C. is the earliest literary language?  How about Hebrew?  Perhaps a definition of literary language (and an explanation of why that is the earliest) would be a needed addition.  I also put back in information that was removed on moods and voices without comment.  If it's in error please remove it with a comment in the talk as to why it is being removed, but if it was accurate, then it appeared to have a place in the article. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 11:32, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

Ancient Greek is closer to modern Greek than Old English is to modern English. I think it's more like Latin and Italian.

Ancient Greek is closer to modern Greek than Old English is to modern English. I think it's more like Latin and Italian. The following comment is peculiar: "'common' Greek, the sort of Greek that can be compared to well-spoken illegal immigrants from Central American in the United States. Accented, using slang, etc." It's possible that ''legal'' immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Africa also speak English with an accent. I think koine was more of a simplified standard language than slang.