Sentence examples for speak ancient from inspiring English sources

It's a give-me-another-chance doctrine, so to speak, ancient, ubiquitous, simultaneously comforting and frustrating.

But mixed-gender identities managed to survive in the area around Juchitán, a place so traditional that many people speak ancient Zapotec instead of Spanish.

As it was, most of my friends applied to Manchester, so we could carry on raving, rather than spend three years somewhere we suspected we'd have to speak ancient Greek to buy a packet of crisps.

µ In Syria, as jihadists gained the upper hand over more moderate rebels, the village of Maaloula, where many still speak ancient Aramaic, the language of the Bible, was invaded by rebels who attacked churches, forcing many among the 3,000-strong 3,000-strongo flee.

"They might as well been speaking ancient Greek.

Some Apulians -- half easterners, half westerners -- had never stopped speaking ancient Greek.

As well as Swahili, he spoke Ancient and Modern Greek, French, and Middle English.

Rahim played the Seal Prince – shaven-headed, covered from head to foot in loam, and speaking ancient Gaelic.

Believers claim there are many "unexplained events" in the world that prove God's existence, such as an exorcism where an uneducated peasant girl speaks ancient Latin, or a haunted house whose walls bleed "666".

Most speak an ancient Hebrew dialect.

Icelanders speak an ancient language, unmarred by English incursions.