Greek changed with time, and AoM Greek isn’t 100% accurate for the time period it represents. It wouldn’t be different from Byzantines speaking Latin like they currently do.
On that note, the Inca military voice lines also come from AoE3.
Sandy Petersen went to a mormon uni for help and mormons famously have a peculiar relation with native americans.
It’s not just aztecs all the native americans voiced during the Ensemble era speak gibberish to different degrees.
Modern Mandarin differs heavily from Middle Chinese, but it’s a better match for Chinese and 3K than Japanese. AoM Greek would’ve been better than nothing.
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Yes Greek changed with time but it is still Greek. Currently, the Byzantines speak Latin. The dominant language in the area of Byzantium was Greek and they officially dropped Latin in 620CE.
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OG cicivis should keep the languages as they did not change with time,oh wait….
Didn’t he even say later on that he thinks they got scammed and the guy they hired didn’t actually speak Nahuatl?
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yeah he finally admitted it recently.
The Jin people originally speak two languages. One is Jurchenese, and the other is Late Middle Chinese. However, in the Liao dynasty, they used the extinct Khitan language and Late Middle Chinese, and the religions of both states were also widely accepted: Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. In the Jin dynasty, it is said that they also worshipped a heavenly deity called the Jurchen shamanism (Abka-i Hehe).
If you want to learn Manchu in English, I recommend “A Colloquial Manchu Grammar.” If you’re looking for something a bit older.. I recommend Paul Georg von Möllendorff’s A Manchu Grammar (1892). You will be very satisfied.
Note: Because Goryeo (the dynasty before Joseon) and the Khitan frequently interacted, at least some artifacts bearing Khitan script remain, and efforts are being made to reconstruct the language based on those materials.
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