Arabic is the classical language with the largest number of speakers today, with over 300 million native speakers.

The rise of vernacular languages, or languages that are spoken by the common people, is the main reason for the decline of classical languages.

Latin was once the lingua franca of the Mediterranean region, and was used by scholars, merchants, and diplomats.

Classicism is the movement that seeks to revive the use of classical languages.

Latin is still used as a liturgical language in some Christian churches.

The Ashtadhyayi is a Sanskrit grammar written by Panini.

Sanskrit is the oldest of the Indo-European languages.

The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.

Arabic is written from right to left.

Lingua Sancta is the Latin phrase that means 'the language of the gods'.

Latin is still used as a language of instruction in some universities.

Mandarin is the Chinese classical language.

Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas.

The Tolkappiyam is a Tamil grammar written by Tolkappiyar.

Avestan is the language of the Avesta.