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This dimension names the language in which a historical document was originally written. Wikipedia notes that a primary source is valued precisely because it "was created at the time under study," in whatever language its own period and place actually used. Browsing this way collects every document originally written in the same language.

Original Language

Akkadian (cuneiform)

Original Language
1 entry

Akkadian (Old Babylonian dialect)

Original Language
1 entry

Ancient Egyptian (hieratic script)

Original Language
1 entry

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script

Original Language
1 entry

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Original Language
1 entry

Egyptian hieroglyphs and Hittite cuneiform (Akkadian)

Original Language
1 entry

English

Original Language
7 entries

English and Chinese

Original Language
1 entry

English and French

Original Language
2 entries

English and Spanish

Original Language
1 entry

English, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese

Original Language
1 entry

English, French

Original Language
1 entry

English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish

Original Language
1 entry

French

Original Language
5 entries

French and English

Original Language
2 entries

French, English, Italian

Original Language
1 entry

German

Original Language
1 entry

German and Russian

Original Language
1 entry

Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek

Original Language
1 entry

Hindi, Chinese and English

Original Language
1 entry

Latin

Original Language
7 entries

Latin and Ancient Greek

Original Language
1 entry

Medieval Latin

Original Language
1 entry

Moabite (Phoenician-derived alphabet)

Original Language
1 entry

Norman French

Original Language
1 entry

Old Aramaic

Original Language
1 entry

Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian (Akkadian) cuneiform

Original Language
1 entry

Persian and Russian

Original Language
1 entry

Phoenician or a northern dialect of Hebrew

Original Language
1 entry

Russian, Manchu and Mongolian

Original Language
1 entry

Sanskrit

Original Language
1 entry

Spanish

Original Language
1 entry

Sumerian

Original Language
1 entry
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