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Classical language

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This is a content fork with Literary language - a reliable source can be found for almost any literary language calling it a classical language so the definition is redundant - which can be demonstrated by the list of articles on this page. I suggest redirecting this page to Literary language and merging in the Edward Sapir quote on a header section treating the term "classical language". - car chasm (talk) 06:58, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. - car chasm (talk) 06:58, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. - car chasm (talk) 06:58, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- The concepts are really not the same. A literary language is a somewhat standard written language which people use to write literature in, while Classical language should have a more selective definition (much more selective in the cases of languages like Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Arabic)... AnonMoos (talk) 08:06, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per AnonMoos (talk · contribs); Latin is a classical language, while French is a literary language. Elemimele (talk) 17:01, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- Article gives the reader an idea about the antiquity of the earliest text in a language.Pied Hornbill (talk) 01:58, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep In my opinion, there is enough discussion and info about classical languages to have an article, now is the distinction between a literary language and "classical language" arbitrary? Maybe but there is most certainly enough citations for this article, it is the first hyperlink from Latin so it clearly has a very important bearing of importance. Des Vallee (talk) 18:47, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]