古こ典てん語ご

noun

classical language; dead language

Refers to languages no longer spoken as a native tongue, studied through historical texts, such as Latin, Sanskrit, or Classical Japanese.

• ラテン語ごは古こ典てん語ごとして大だい学がくで学まなばれている。

  Latin is studied at universities as a classical language.

• 古こ典てん語ごの文ぶん法ぽうは現げん代だい語ごと大おおきく異ことなることが多おおい。

  The grammar of classical languages often differs greatly from that of modern languages.