eli5 how do languages like Aramaic, latin, ancient greek, etc just die out?
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Languages get replaced by other cultures. If I understand correctly, the spread of Islam with Arabic, seems to have replaced Aramaic in some areas.
Classical Greek became Koine Greek (*a more simple version of Greek spoken on the streets 2,000 years ago and the Gospels of Jesus were written in Koine Greek*). Koine Greek eventually became Modern Greek.
Latin became Italian and Spanish and French and Portuguese and the Romanian language. There are other Latin-based languages such as other Spanish languages that are less popular like Catalan. There was Classical Latin (*professional, like how the Caesars and Philosophers spoke*) and there was Vulgar Latin (*informal, the way people spoke it in the street*). This Vulgar Latin was more of an influences on those languages evolving.
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