Ancient language may refer to:
- Any language attested from ancient times, see list of languages by first written accounts, historical linguistics
- Languages of classical antiquity, see Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, Chinese, Latin, Arabic.
- Other classical languages
- Any extinct language
- A fictional language in the Inheritance cycle
- Language of the race Ancients in the Stargate fictional universe
Famous quotes containing the words ancient and/or language:
“There is an ancient saying that, “Hard is the knowledge of the good.””
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the town which was appointed in the destiny of nations to lead the civilization of North America.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)