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[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers|List of languages by total number of speakers]] | [[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers|List of languages by total number of speakers]] | ||
<br />[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers|List of languages by number of native speakers]] | | Wikipedia<br />[[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers|List of languages by number of native speakers]] | ||
<br /><br />[[wikipedia:List_of_empires|List of Empires]] | | Wikipedia<br /><br />[[wikipedia:List_of_empires|List of Empires]] | ||
<br /><br />[[wikipedia:Universal_language|Universal language]] | | Wikipedia<br /><br />[[wikipedia:Universal_language|Universal language]] | ||
<br />The written Classical Chinese language is still read widely but pronounced differently by readers in China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan; for centuries it was a ''de facto'' universal ''literary'' language for a broad-based culture. In something of the same way Sanskrit in India and Nepal, and Pali in Sri Lanka and in Theravada countries of South-East Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia) and Old Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka, were literary languages for many for whom they were not their mother tongue. | | Wikipedia<br />The written Classical Chinese language is still read widely but pronounced differently by readers in China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan; for centuries it was a ''de facto'' universal ''literary'' language for a broad-based culture. In something of the same way Sanskrit in India and Nepal, and Pali in Sri Lanka and in Theravada countries of South-East Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia) and Old Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka, were literary languages for many for whom they were not their mother tongue. | ||
<br />Comparably, the Latin language (''qua'' Medieval Latin) was in effect a universal language of literati in the Middle Ages, and the language of the Vulgate Bible in the area of Catholicism, which covered most of Western Europe and parts of Northern and Central Europe also. | <br />Comparably, the Latin language (''qua'' Medieval Latin) was in effect a universal language of literati in the Middle Ages, and the language of the Vulgate Bible in the area of Catholicism, which covered most of Western Europe and parts of Northern and Central Europe also. | ||
<br />In a more practical fashion, trade languages, such as ancient Koine Greek, may be seen as a kind of ''real'' universal language, that was used for commerce. | <br />In a more practical fashion, trade languages, such as ancient Koine Greek, may be seen as a kind of ''real'' universal language, that was used for commerce. | ||
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<br />It could be said plausibly that mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding. | <br />It could be said plausibly that mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding. | ||
<br /><br />[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]] | <br /><br />[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]] | ||
<br />Koine Greek — Hellenistic period 323 BC – 33 BC | | Wikipedia<br />Koine Greek — Hellenistic period 323 BC – 33 BC | ||
<br />Latin — Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD into 1700s | <br />Latin — Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD into 1700s | ||
<br />Italian — Western Europe - Renaissance 1300 - 1700 | <br />Italian — Western Europe - Renaissance 1300 - 1700 | ||