If English chooses to borrow, bend or savage the ancient languages for its own purposes, that is its privilege.

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Truly ancient languages haven't left empirical evidence that scientists can study.

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The ship has been tended by a humanoid robot, David (Michael Fassbender), who's been boning up on ancient languages and rewatching "Lawrence of Arabia" during transit.

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Languages can be either ancient or modern, drawn from a list of 172 course options, ranging from classical Greek to Japanese and Urdu.

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Ancient civilizations, and cracking the code of long-lost languages is usually the reserve of Hollywood, or a good old-fashioned book.

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