Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Classical language

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 10:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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]
Keep per AnonMoos.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 09:32, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.