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Re:In Defense of Latin by jadyoyster on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @07:21PM (#21579908)
By most archaic language they are probably referring to Lithuanian being considered closest to Proto-Indo-European in terms of language features: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language
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Re:In Defense of Latin by Accacin on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:57AM (#21582229)
I’ve heard this and also heard it’s mostly complete rubbish. It might technically be the closest but that is still not close at all, simplifying like this doesn’t really help anything.
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