CK2 Elit Commentarius #LXXXI - Lingua Deos

[loup99]

When will CK2 do as the Eastern Roman Empire did and adopt a translation into Greek, the properly imperial language?

 

[Kazanov]

When you don't have a proper spanish translation even as a joke

 

[Federalist girl]

Finally some recognition for the language of diplomacy, learning, and culture.

 

[Dalos]

Now I need it, it looks totally awesome! Wish it would be true...

 

[Ujin]

From the first words it is clear that this is a joke

 

[neutrondecay]

Vos moneo, ut si linguam Latinam in ludum Regum Crucis ponetis, machina ludi super grammaticam non sit, certumque errare.

nd

 

[tuareg109]

This better be a Rome 2 teaser

When will CK2 do as the Eastern Roman Empire did and adopt a translation into Greek, the properly imperial language?

>stopped being a proper empire
>greek became official language

 

[Voy]

The real joke here is that PDX would release a dev diary on a public holiday... tsk tsk.

 

[Matihood1]

This better be a Rome 2 teaser

>stopped being a proper empire
>greek became official language

Greek has been widely used in the eastern part of Roman Empire long before it got split. Heck, the New Testament was originally written in Greek, not Latin.

 

[WoldyR]

But what have the Romans ever done for us?

the aqueduct, security, hygiene

 

[SWVRoma]

I really do wish this were an option. I keep Latin on for my Facebook language so I can try to pick more up.

 

[riadach]

Classical Latin is horrible to write, putting a space between words wasn’t invented until the Carolingian era, not to mention minuscule! The most common phrases are routinely shortened to just the first letters, e.g. SPQR.

So I also agree, modern Latin is superior, totes FTW.

It was invented prior to Carolingians, the Irish just hadn't spread it yet.

 

[Stolen Rutters]

Of course they did! The Irish saved civilization in so many ways back then. I forgot Irish and British scribes were specifically brought in to modernize Karl’s new empire, once he realized how far behind they were to their neighbors. The Carolingian era is probably better thought of as catching up period.

Either way, scriptio continua is so hard to read, even without minuscule I need side text to tell me what I am reading.

As an aside, makes me think Isaac Asimov got his foundation idea from history. Ireland as Terminus, the library set aside so generations later they could bring the rest of Western Europe out of the troubles. It’s not April 1 anymore so I will end the fantastical right there.

 

[Pete0714]

Ok, ha! Now then, since you guys had some extra time on your hands, I am sure you have a real dev diary for today, right?

 

[Silversweeeper]

Ok, ha! Now then, since you guys had some extra time on your hands, I am sure you have a real dev diary for today, right?

It is a public holiday in Sweden today, so I doubt there will be a dev diary.

 

[GalaXion24]

Can we please please actually get this? I never knew I needed this until now, but I want a Latin translation!

 

[tuareg109]

Greek has been widely used in the eastern part of Roman Empire long before it got split. Heck, the New Testament was originally written in Greek, not Latin.

All sorts of vile barbarian tongues are spoken by the uncouth subjects of the Republic. So was Aramaic used widely in the East, and weren't the gospels, core of the New Testament, written in Aramaic first? I don't know though, I'm no expert. Either way doesn't make Greek an imperial language.

 

[Damarrocarion]

Bit unrelated but Finnish Broadcasting Company has weekly news in Latin. You might need to change your IP-address to show you are in Finland though (not sure if you can listen it anywhere in the world) if one wishes to get important news in proper language

(New York times also wrote about them)

 

[SBolshevik]

Bit unrelated but Finnish Broadcasting Company has weekly news in Latin. You might need to change your IP-address to show you are in Finland though (not sure if you can listen it anywhere in the world) if one wishes to get important news in proper language

(New York times also wrote about them)

Nuntii Latini is pretty famous among Latin-speaking looneys (such as myself), but honestly, the pronunciation is systematically off - C is always velar, but AE and OE are pronounced as /e/!? I do find the evident Finnish accent of the speaker (heard mostly in the A and I sounds) to be quite strangely appealing, though.

 

[loup99]

You might need to change your IP-address to show you are in Finland though (not sure if you can listen it anywhere in the world) if one wishes to get important news in proper language

You can listen to it without problems here in Sweden at least.