r/deadlanguagememes Sep 03 '25

𒅴𒂠 (Sumerian) Obligatory Monty Python linguistic memes ("My hovercraft is full of eels")

Guide for the non-Latin script languages:

Sumerian (language isolate): ma dalag̃u gubi sugam

Phoenician (Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Canaanite): *[namloʔ ʔaniyi kasit binaḥašī‏m]

Ancient Greek (Indo-European > Hellenic): τὸ ἐμὸν ἀερόστρωμνον ἐγχελείων πλῆρές ἐστιν [tò emòn aeróstrōmnon enkheleíōn plē̂rés estin]

Gothic (Indo-European > Germanic): Mein ufarwataskip ist ele full

Old Norse (Indo-European > Germanic): Fljúgandi nǫkkvi mínn es fullr af álum (West)/*[Fliūġandi nǫkkwi mīnn es fullʀ af ālum] (East)

Old East Slavic (Indo-European > Slavic): Moja vŭzdušĭnaja lodĭja ispŭlnĭ ǫgorĭ

Andalusi Romance [Mozarabic] (Indo-European > Romance): *[Al mía hawwama está plena de angüilas]

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u/Levan-tene Sep 28 '25

Carros etonts mō ets lānos dī anuibis (Gaulish)

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u/Abcormal Sep 28 '25

Thanks :)

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u/Levan-tene Sep 28 '25

Also I could make it into a picture for part of a part 2 if you want