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Languages of /lit/ Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:20:01 2019 No.14368294 [Reply] [Original]

Let's rank languages based on their respective literatures. I'm trying to figure out which languages would provide me with the best literature should I want to learn them. Maybe just give a top five or a top ten. Dead languages count.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:23:39 2019 No.14368315 English French Latin The only languages that have relevant literature.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:25:37 2019 No.14368329 1. Latin 2. Greek 3. English ...9001. Everything else

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:26:03 2019 No.14368333 >>14368294 Different languages cultures are suited to different kinds of literature. You'd have to specify which kind you have in mind.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:26:09 2019 No.14368336 >>14368294 Classical Chinese French Modern Chinese English German Modern Japanese Latin Attic Greek Classical Japanese

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:27:03 2019 No.14368341 >>14368294 German German German German German

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:32:07 2019 No.14368365 >>14368294 German Latin Ancient Greek Literally any Eastern European language English

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:33:15 2019 No.14368368 basque mozarabic karelian

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:36:04 2019 No.14368380 >>14368294 I assume you already know english Ancient greek Italian/Latin German French Chinese

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:44:18 2019 No.14368423 >>14368336 This but, assuming OP knows English: German French Classical Chinese Classical Japanese Modern Chinese Modern Japanese Latin Attic Greek

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:57:13 2019 No.14368477 >English anywhere near top ten leave forever ps*uds

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 16:58:02 2019 No.14368483 >>14368336 >>14368341 >>14368365 >>14368380 >>14368423 Any tips on learning German?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:08:29 2019 No.14368533 >>14368336 >>14368380 >>14368423 are you all being serious with chinese or just memeing?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:11:08 2019 No.14368547 >>14368483 Listen to a lot of German, read a lot of German.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:12:35 2019 No.14368557 >>14368533 no anon the chinese haven't written anything worth reading in their 3000 years of written history

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:13:27 2019 No.14368561 >>14368547 Any recommendations on the reading part? Would it be good to read something I dont understand at all but with a dictionary translate every single word?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:18:23 2019 No.14368586 >>14368294 >English >German >Latin >French >Ancient greek >Japanese >Akkadian >Russian

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:19:14 2019 No.14368589 >>14368557 sarcasm not appreciated

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:24:18 2019 No.14368616 >>14368557 Chinese is the og literati language

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:28:14 2019 No.14368634 >Greek >English >Russian >Akkadian >Chinese >Latin >German >French >Hebrew >Arabic

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:29:25 2019 No.14368642 >>14368634 might as well throw >Sumerian in there, containing the oldest corpus of literature and all

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 17:30:48 2019 No.14368650 >>14368634 >>14368642 and >Sanskrit also. Hebrew might be removed or replaced with Ugaritic, if you want an ancient West Semitic language

Anonymous Tue Dec 17 18:09:06 2019 No.14368861

>>14368294
Learning even a lesser known language (any random European) would provide you with a ton of interesting literature, years of worthwhile material. Assuming, obviously, that /lit/ memes aren't your only guide in picking what you read. Any major language will not be a mistake.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 18:48:22 2019 No.14369069 Bump

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>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 18:51:52 2019 No.14369087 >>14368315 Russian, German and Greek anon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 18:59:49 2019 No.14369117 >>14369087 German and Greek - yes, Russian - no >b-but muh Tolstoyevsky 19th century realist novels aren’t nearly as mportant as Americlaps think they are

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:03:29 2019 No.14369127 English is the only necessary language

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:11:39 2019 No.14369154 >>14369117 epic post and 100% true

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:29:01 2019 No.14369244 >>14368329 Based

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:36:59 2019 No.14369268 >>14369117 Why do you always seethe so hard whenever people praise russian literature?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:42:45 2019 No.14369295 >>14369268 not him but every russian novel i've ever read was grotesquely sentimental, hand-me-down drivel

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:44:12 2019 No.14369301 Persian

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:45:54 2019 No.14369308 >>14368294 I speak fluent English and Korean and I'm genuinely curious: Does any good Korean literature exist?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:51:03 2019 No.14369327 >>14369301 i'm strongly considering picking up farsi but i'm afraid i won't be able to find good resources, such a beautiful language. i really hope i'll be able to learn it someday

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 19:53:29 2019 No.14369338 >>14368315 Surely German, and almost certainly Russian, has relevant literature. Come on.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 20:02:53 2019 No.14369382 >>14368294 dante alighieri shits on everything else.

Anonymous Tue Dec 17 20:03:14 2019 No.14369386

>>14369117
Russia has produced far more than realism. You're not coming off as smart by ignoring that.

>>14369338
Most of these people are just being edgy and trying to seem as cool as possible. I doubt there's much purpose in talking with them, honestly.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 20:18:55 2019 No.14369442 >>14369386 >Most of these people are just being edgy and trying to seem as cool as possible. I doubt there's much purpose in talking with them, honestly. projecting lmao

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 20:23:46 2019 No.14369467 Does Korean have ANY interesting literature /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 20:38:24 2019 No.14369536 >>14369442 Well, I'm not claiming that literal thousands of great writers from countries that aren't English, French or Latin-speaking are irrelevant, or anything similar to such a statement, so I don't really see how I'm protecting here.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 20:40:30 2019 No.14369545 >>14369117 You actually think war and peace, tbk and notes from the underground aren’t worthy of being part of the canon? What is it with pseuds also being elitists? It’s like they sabotage themselves.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 21:16:00 2019 No.14369682 >>14369536 cool, i didn't say that either. i just think russian literature is overrated

Anonymous Tue Dec 17 21:57:57 2019 No.14369841

>>14368315
>English
>French
>Latin
>The only languages that have relevant literature.
>>14369536
>great writers from countries that aren't English, French or Latin-speaking are irrelevant
>>14369682
>i didn't say that
Are you a retard or just illiterate?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 22:00:58 2019 No.14369849 >>14368294 Greek Latin French English Russian German Italian Spanish

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 17 22:07:32 2019 No.14369886 >>14369849 Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Arabic and Sanskrit as well. Unless you want to skip murakami and all of eastern philosophy+religion.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 03:43:21 2019 No.14370890 File: 1.65 MB, 4032x3024, 20180709_074639.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How are you nibbas all forgetting about our distant IE relative Persian

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 03:54:10 2019 No.14370914 >>14368483 Download pimsleur German course on tpb. Combine with Duolingo and German language podcasts.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 08:26:08 2019 No.14371527 Ancient or Modern Chinese /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 08:47:31 2019 No.14371568 >>14371527 https://www.consolatio.com/2005/05/chuang_tzu_and_.html ancient

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 10:45:52 2019 No.14371924 Pali - i like buddhist literature japanese chines farsi - you you can laugh at me but persian literature is really good german latin, greek italian sanscrit

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 10:49:55 2019 No.14371933 Bump

Anonymous Wed Dec 18 11:02:55 2019 No.14371971
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>>14368294
1. German/Latin
2. English
3. Italian
4. Russian
5. Ancient Greek
6. Sanskrit
7. French(, I guess)
8. Hebrew
9. Japanese
10. The lumping together of whatever pre-modern Chinese languages there were

Irrefutable.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 11:03:57 2019 No.14371977 >>14371924 >no english

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 11:05:07 2019 No.14371981 >>14371971 >Hebrew over Akkadian

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 11:06:36 2019 No.14371985 >>14371981 What did Sargon of Akkad ever write?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 11:08:59 2019 No.14371996 >>14368483 >>/lit/thread/S14248287#p14248287 This was a good thread.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 11:25:10 2019 No.14372066 >>14368294 english greek french

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 18 14:57:03 2019 No.14373190 >>14371977 cuz I already speak that language. I call only languages that i want to speak but cant.

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