Languages are like living things, and unfortunately, some die out over time, here are 7 examples of lost languages from around the world.
1
Sumerian died out as a spoken language around 1800 BC, but it continued to be used for religious and scholarly purposes for many centuries afterwards.
2
Akkadian cuneiform writing was adopted for many other languages, including Babylonian and Assyrian.
3
Ancient Egyptian died out as a spoken language around the 4th century AD, but it continued to be used for religious purposes until the 5th century AD.
4
Gothic had a written form based on the Greek alphabet, the language died out around the 18th century AD.
5
Dalmatian was a Romance language spoken on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It was closely related to Italian, Romanian, and Aromanian.
6
Eyak was a Native American language spoken in south-central Alaska. It was unrelated to any other language.
7
Kamchatkan was a family of languages spoken on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.