Sentences with phrase «ancient dialect»

The audio is also pretty great, with the main language spoken being some ancient dialect that's subtitled to lend some authenticity to the experience, and the various animals and the sounds you'll hear as you travel across Oros will have you looking over your shoulder way too often.

Literally bathed bread in the ancient dialect of Provence, pan bagnat delivers meat, bread, and salad all in one handful.

Does it occur to anyone that our translation of the scrap of paper in an ancient dialect is likely a little off.

Humboldt devoted at least three major treatises to the comparative study of language and languages, not counting his numerous studies of ancient dialects and literatures.

Not exact matches

Stone tablets retrieved from this same sect show that the name «Noah» is actually an ancient Hebrew word from a long lost dialect that translates to «Healer».

The ancient tongues were but a small though important province in the realm which he explored tirelessly, testing his general theory of linguistic expression by an investigation not only of Indo - European and Semitic idioms but also of Basque and Hungarian, of American Indian languages, of Chinese and South Sea dialects.1 Visitors found the aged sage «pure and perfect like an ancient work of art.»

Etymologically it has been linked with an ancient South Arabian verb meaning «to build,» and with a verb in the dialect of Socotra meaning «to bear, bring forth.»

This is again according to the Nourishing Traditions cookbook,» the word «ketchup» derives from the Chinese Amoy dialect ke - tsiap or pickled fish brine or sauce, the universal condiment of the ancient world.

The word «ketchup» derives from the Chinese Amoy dialect ke - tsiap or pickled fish - brine or sauce, the universal condiment of the ancient world.

Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in Ancient Greek dialects.

Steampunk inventions, ancient magic, street - thieving gangs, and more fill this extraordinary middle - grade fantasy debut, magnificently narrated by Vance with a seemingly endless supply of voices, tics, accents, dialects, and brogues.

As cautious outsiders, we watch the inhabitants of these villages as they herd their children inside the huts while we pass, commanding them in one of the 100 dialects of their still - intact ancient language — a language they are reluctant to share with the eager anthropologists who come to study their way of life.

Belize is a true melting pot of cultures, stretching back to the stone cities of the ancient Maya, and the Arawak roots of the Garfunkel dialect that are still heard through the country.

Although their numbers are reduced, the Maya still live in Belize, still speak Mayan dialects, and still practice ancient crafts and healing techniques.

The descendants of the ancient Maya that built the impressive pyramids, palaces, and ceremonial sites that dot the Belizean landscape, the Maya in Belize speak three different dialects: Kekchi (various spellings), Mopan, and the increasingly rare Yucatec.

Site - specific installation detail: collaged dry - wall panels with collaged elements, canvas with torn edges, acrylic, text, 9 1/2 ft high at highest point; images of ancient texts of the Abrahamic religions from 10 Centuries of peaceful co-existence; one text in ancient Coptic dialect; book of Exodus written in an arabic dialect; a page of the Koran written in Hebrew script