06 So ancient it wasn't even a language yet [Handwritten]
[On this page appears some questions. It is a unique blend of ancient Chinese characters, scattered Japanese ideograms, and with a structure influenced by the Ainu. This is the language of a very young nation--it is too similar to separate it from Chinese, but too unique to describe it as such.]
[Is anyone here familiar with Sanskrit?]
[Sanskrit:] [Can anyone here read this writing?]
[The Upanishads--the great-grandmother texts of Hindu, Buddhist and virtually all Asian philosophy--are to be honored by studying them in the original language of the Vedas. Because of its influence, Sanskrit is an almost universal, practically holy, language to use for communication across mountains. So even if he is a bit rusty, he will try to speak or write it if anyone knows it. Mind you, this is not even Classical Sanskrit, but Vedic Sanskrit. The languages of the continent are also well known, so with some effort and mistakes here and there, he rewrites his question in two other languages.]
[Ancient Chinese:] [Can anyone here read this writing?]
[Classical Tibetan:] [Can anyone here read this writing?]
[Is anyone here familiar with Sanskrit?]
[Sanskrit:] [Can anyone here read this writing?]
[The Upanishads--the great-grandmother texts of Hindu, Buddhist and virtually all Asian philosophy--are to be honored by studying them in the original language of the Vedas. Because of its influence, Sanskrit is an almost universal, practically holy, language to use for communication across mountains. So even if he is a bit rusty, he will try to speak or write it if anyone knows it. Mind you, this is not even Classical Sanskrit, but Vedic Sanskrit. The languages of the continent are also well known, so with some effort and mistakes here and there, he rewrites his question in two other languages.]
[Ancient Chinese:] [Can anyone here read this writing?]
[Classical Tibetan:] [Can anyone here read this writing?]