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Target language Translation title Original title Original author Translator Publisher Date Ancient Greek: Αστερικιος εν Ολυμπια [18] Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques: Goscinny, René: I. Kakrides Fanis: Mammouth: 1992 Ancient Greek: Μεταξυ ροδου και ξιφους [18] La Rose et le Glaive: Uderzo, Albert: I. Kakrides ...
The Old High German period sees the first attempts to use the Latin alphabet for writing German, something which Otfrid of Weissenburg, writing c. 830, recognized as fraught with difficulty. [5] As Murdoch explains, "Written down without prescriptive rules in more or less isolated monasteries, then, it is to be expected that Old High (and Old ...
Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous West Germanic dialects that had undergone the set of consonantal ...
The Luther Bible was revised in 1984, and this version was adapted to the new German orthography in 1999. Here also some revisions have taken place, e.g. "Weib" > "Frau". Despite the revisions, the language is still somewhat archaic and difficult for non-native speakers who want to learn the German language using a German translation of the Bible.
notes by Johann Flierl, Wilhelm Poland and Georg Schwarz, culminating in Walter Roth's The Structure of the Koko Yimidir Language in 1901. [207] [208] A list of 61 words recorded in 1770 by James Cook and Joseph Banks was the first written record of an Australian language. [209] 1891: Galela: grammatical sketch by M.J. van Baarda [210] 1893: Oromo
Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. [1]The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary texts in the earlier phases of the languages.
Names in medieval languages Name meaning Role/possessor Notes Andvaranaut: Old Norse: Andvaranautr: The name means "object formerly belonging to Andvari". [1] A cursed magic ring in the Norse Nibelung legends. Brinnig (Freise) Middle High German: Brinnic, Freise: Compare "Brinnig" to MHG brennec ("burning"). [2]
Old Saxon (German: altsächsische Sprache), also known as Old Low German (German: altniederdeutsche Sprache), was a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German (spoken nowadays in Northern Germany, the northeastern Netherlands, southern Denmark, the Americas and parts of Eastern Europe).