[HN Gopher] Archaeologists discover previously unknown ancient l...
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       Archaeologists discover previously unknown ancient language
        
       Author : clouddrover
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-11-15 20:35 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.independent.co.uk)
        
       | ToDougie wrote:
       | > Archaeological research in the Middle East is revealing how a
       | long-forgotten ancient civilisation used previously undiscovered
       | linguistics to promote multiculturalism and political stability.
       | 
       | Sounds like a bunch of commie gobbledygook. The rest of the
       | article is interesting. I love language learning, and ancient
       | civilizations fascinate me.
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       | >Watar was for instance Hittite for "water". Duttar was the main
       | part of the Hittite word for "daughter". "Wine" was wiyana, while
       | card was "heart/cardiac" and newa was their word for "new".
       | 
       | This is so cool! But then I see trendy crap like this:
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       | >traditions could be preserved and incorporated into the empire's
       | highly inclusive multicultural religious system.
       | 
       | and I wonder how much I am being informed vs. how much I am being
       | "informed". Do the authors/researchers need to throw in
       | CURRENTYEAR political jargon to get paid?
        
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