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SirHumphreytoday at 7:26 AM1 replyview on HN

If in 17 hundreds you wanted to choose a language that could be deciphered, say, also in China, Latin was a much better choice than any native language in various vicinity.


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gostsamotoday at 8:39 AM

In XVIII there was no language that could be universal was my point and latin was known mainly through its derivatives.