[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]

2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

File: 72 KB, 576x1024, 236782365823.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:26:12 2020 No.15970160 [DELETED]

[Reply] [Original]

What is the most literary language? I would like to learn another language primarily for reading.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:27:41 2020 No.15970169 >>15970160 Obviously French.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:29:07 2020 No.15970178 >>15970160 Obviously Latin. If you are 130+ iq, attic Greek.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:29:19 2020 No.15970181 >>15970160 Russian or Koine Greek

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:29:21 2020 No.15970182 English is the greatest language for literature, despite all the self-hatred present here. French is a good alternate language for lit. Then German, I would recommend Russian, too, but that's asking a lot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:32:01 2020 No.15970198 >>15970160 German and its not even close. German is extremely utilitarian

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:32:29 2020 No.15970200 >>15970178 Greek only contains a handful of meaningful works. Not a good use of time.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj Mon Jul 27 00:34:26 2020 No.15970209 File: 139 KB, 600x401, D4FABE26-0DF7-45F9-9420-C419431FC35E.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15970160 It’s a pointless sort of question

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:34:31 2020 No.15970210 >>15970160 sanskrit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:34:46 2020 No.15970212 >>15970200 What? A lot of the most important literary works are from Greece. It'd even be worth it if you only planned to read the Odyssey

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:36:22 2020 No.15970223 >>15970169 French is the most overrated, disgusting sounding language on Earth. It’s Portuguese with a dash of mouth diarrhea - and Portuguese is already drunk Spanish.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:38:00 2020 No.15970236 >>15970212 If it would take you longer to learn the language than it would take you to read the entirety of meaningful works written in the language, it's not a very good use of time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:39:52 2020 No.15970246 >>15970236 You must've been one of the slow kids in class who had to ask the teacher to explain the concept again.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:40:55 2020 No.15970251 >>15970246 Nope, I am actually 145 IQ and successful in every modern measure

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:41:30 2020 No.15970256 >>15970160 Sumerian

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:43:07 2020 No.15970268 >>15970160 French is the greatest literary language in existence. It's a shame that it's so ugly, but it's worth learning because you literally get access to a few lifetimes' worth of reading.

Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:47:05 2020 No.15970301

>>15970236
You can learn it in a year if you're dedicated. There's plenty of works in Attic Greek to occupy you for quite a while. Then after you finish with that you can move on to Koine Greek and read the NT and a ton of other stuff.

Also, you need to be 18 to post here

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:56:55 2020 No.15970364 >>15970251 Look here anon, I’m not the type that doubts others but it’s very unlikely you have such a high iq.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 00:59:02 2020 No.15970382 French or Russian

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:00:27 2020 No.15970391 >>15970382 >Russian In your dreams, Vlad. Russian isn't even a top 15 literary language.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:04:29 2020 No.15970406 If you know English there is no point in learning anything else. It is the superior language and all others should just die.

Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:08:37 2020 No.15970422
File: 117 KB, 1024x768, Arthur_Schopenhauer_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>15970160
>To be entirely ignorant of the Latin language is like being in a fine country on a misty day. The horizon is extremely limited. Nothing can be seen clearly except that which is quite close; a few steps beyond, everything is buried in obscurity. But the Latinist has a wide view, embracing modern times, the Middle Age and Antiquity; and his mental horizon is still further enlarged if he studies Greek or even Sanscrit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:10:24 2020 No.15970435 >>15970391 Looks like u got filtered by Russian lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:12:40 2020 No.15970445 >>15970435 Never bothered to learn that ugly peasant language. It sounds like vomit and I wouldn't never waste time with a non-European language.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:14:27 2020 No.15970459 >>15970160 Latin obviously.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:16:39 2020 No.15970475 >>15970223 Why the fuck does it matter what the language sounds like when he only wants to read

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:17:36 2020 No.15970480 >>15970406 this

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:20:27 2020 No.15970493 >>15970160 Ancient Greek, Latin, German, in that order.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:22:11 2020 No.15970501 >>15970493 German is not an important literary language lmfao

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:22:12 2020 No.15970503 >>15970422 I get Latin and Greek. I'm currently learning both myself. But why Sanscrit? That's not a language that ever crosses my mind

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:23:10 2020 No.15970509 No love in here for Japanese? It seems pretty based

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:24:53 2020 No.15970514 >>15970509 Retard what are you going to read in Japanese of any value

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:26:11 2020 No.15970518 >>15970160 Ithkuil

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:28:08 2020 No.15970528 >>15970514 Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:32:16 2020 No.15970549 File: 35 KB, 596x515, English.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15970160 >What is the most literary language? You're already speaking it

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:35:22 2020 No.15970565 >>15970501 >Goethe >Schiller >Mann >Hesse >Kafka Nice try

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:36:19 2020 No.15970567 Can you stop posting vaginal bleeders, please?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:36:46 2020 No.15970572 >>15970565 The only good writer you mentioned is Goethe, cope harder lmao

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:37:16 2020 No.15970574 >>15970160 La única respuesta correcta a esta pregunta es el Español. Toda la buena potencia del Latín ha sido realizada en la lengua española, no hay más.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:37:54 2020 No.15970581 >>15970160 Sanskrit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:41:37 2020 No.15970598 >>15970514 Anything pre WW2, especially poetry

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:44:32 2020 No.15970618 File: 48 KB, 640x640, 106717201_1460059334201770_1602611439363504943_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm pretty sure the language Borges invented in Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius is an allegory for Chinese, so probably that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:45:32 2020 No.15970621 >>15970618 >Borges invented in Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius is an allegory for Chinese no lmfao idiot

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:46:06 2020 No.15970626 Clearly, all the languages that evolved from latin, including romanian and portuguese. But French seems to stand out among them as THE literary language par excellence. Russian is a good one too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:47:02 2020 No.15970629 >>15970626 >Russian is a good one too. Maybe if you're a spiritual nigger/peasant

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:48:53 2020 No.15970640 >>15970406 Not really indeed...

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:49:09 2020 No.15970644 >>15970621 what's that then?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:50:10 2020 No.15970650 >>15970629 Yes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 27 01:55:36 2020 No.15970687 >>15970509 If you want to go Asian, do Chinese instead. Or Sanskrit

Advanced search
Text to find
Subject [?]Search by post subject. Leave empty for any.
Username [?]Search for user name. Leave empty for any user name.
Tripcode [?]Search for tripcode. Leave empty for any.
Email [?]Search by email. Leave empty for any.
Filename [?]Search by image filename. Leave empty for any.
From Date [?]Enter what date to start searching from. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
To Date [?]Enter what date to start searching until. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
Image hash
Search in	All Posts OPs Only
Deleted posts	Show all posts Show only deleted posts Only show non-deleted posts
Internal posts	Show all posts Show only internal posts Show only archived posts
Order	New posts first Old posts first
Capcode	All Posts Only by Users Only by Mods Only by Admins Only by Developers
Results	Posts Threads
Action	[ Simple ]