As an archaeologist and someone who works with different languages why would you go out of your way and NOT learn Aramaic ??? Seems like it's one dead language you would need to learn as someone who searches for ancient artifacts and meanings of things. Just seems weird lol. Guess they needed to drag someone else in there to die lol.
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I think it depends on which these other dead languages are? Your logic is a little bit like saying that if one wants to learn two languages in general, one of those should always be Chinese. Although sound advise, I think not enough to ridicule those who don't.
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Well Chinese is still a widely used language. Your right I guess it depends what she knows but as far as the things she searches for and the archaeological studies she does Aramaic would make the most sense. Their are Templar Knights and things dealing with the catholic religion (or so I got from the film) that that would make the most sense.
We are also talking about this movie like it really is supposed to make sense or be that much into facts lol so I guess it really does not matter. Just something I kind of picked up on and thought about. Pretty dumb lol
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actually Aramaic wouldn't be the most useful for Catholic history, Latin, Hebrew and Ancient Greek would. Very few artifacts and manuscripts are in Aramic compared to the other three.
shareI actually AM fluent in 2 dead languages. I got my undergrad degree in Classics with an emphasis on ancient languages so I can read Latin and Ancient Greek. I also studied Egyptian hieroglyphics. It never occurred to me to study Aramaic. For one thing it wasn't taught at my University. But it also didn't apply to my studies. It's not uncommon for a student to find out at the last minute (such as working on a dissertation) that there's one topic that enthralls them and they haven't learned a damned thing about it. It's also something you find out after you graduate, get into your profession, and find where it leads you.
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Latin and Ancient Greek are the two commonly taught dead languages. Aramaic much less so. She already speaks 4 others, learning a 7th may not have been possible.
shareI thought it was weird too, because I'm going to assume one of the languages she knows is Arabic, and Aramaic is basically Proto-Hebrew (down to the alphabet), and Arabic is extremely similar to Hebrew. Seems like it would be an easy one to learn if you already knew Arabic or Hebrew.
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