Various Liturgical Languages

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Black Section Separator Chinese: Another competitor for both oldest written language and oldest spoken language still in use today, Chinese is definitely both useful and backed by a long, rich history. Source: Google

Black Section Separator Aramaic: Aramaic is quite ancient – the Aramaic alphabet was the precursor to both the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets. Source: Google

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