Learning the words and their meanings in the dead language.
Root words: Understanding root words can help you to identify and learn new vocabulary words that share the same root, such as "graph" in words like "autograph," "graphite," and "photograph.".
Prefixes and suffixes: A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning (e.g., "un-" in "unhappy"), while a suffix is added to the end of a word (e.g., "-tion" in "attention"), altering the word's meaning, and creating new ones.
Cognates: Words that share a similar meaning and origin across multiple languages. Learning the cognates between your native language and vocabulary in Dead languages can often simplify your study of vocabulary.
Inflections: Changes made to a word's form to indicate grammatical differences (e.g., tense, person, case, mood) to derive different meanings. It is important to understand inflectional changes in verb conjugations, pluralizations of nouns/adjectives, and other word forms.
Context clues: Learning to examine and interpret the surrounding language around the target word (text or speech) to determine the word's meaning is crucial. This strategy requires active reading or listening skills and is particularly beneficial for learning new vocabulary when there is limited knowledge on a particular set of words.
Dictionaries usage: Building vocabulary knowledge with dictionaries can be particularly helpful when needing to gather information quickly about new words. It's important to learn how to use a range of dictionaries, including the nuanced differences between historically or religiously significant words.
Mnemonics: Learning mnemonic devices to remember complex vocabulary words by associating them with things or events (such as a story or image), making the word more memorable and easier to recall.
Learning strategies: Learning strategies are techniques employed to maximize your learning efficiency, speed, and memory while learning vocabulary, such as repetition, making associations or associations, spaced repetition, targeted vocabulary around specific subjects or subjects, using visual aids or mnemonic devices.
Phonetics: Understanding the study of speech sounds and articulation is particularly useful when it comes to mastering pronunciation and memorizing new vocabulary words. Similarly, knowing the pronunciation rules and patterns can help with understanding spelling, sound changes over time, and other related aspects.
Latin: The language of the Roman Empire and the legal and scientific language of Europe until the 18th century.
Ancient Greek: The language of the Ancient Greeks and the foundation of many Western languages.
Sanskrit: The ancient language of India and the oldest surviving member of the Indo-European language family.
Old Norse: The language spoken by the Vikings and used in works such as the Norse sagas.
Egyptian hieroglyphs: A system of writing used in Ancient Egypt.
Sumerian: An ancient language spoken in Mesopotamia, known for its contributions to the development of writing.
Akkadian: An ancient Semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia, known for its contributions to literature and law.
Aramaic: A language spoken in the Near East, including parts of modern-day Syria, Iraq, and Turkey.
Coptic: The language spoken by Egyptian Christians since the 1st century AD.
Etruscan: An extinct language spoken in ancient Italy, known for its contributions to the Roman alphabet.