english: It existed as a scholarly written language, but there was no way to know how the words were pronounced.
non_english: Υπήρχε ως επιστημονική γραπτή γλώσσα, αλλά δεν υπήρχε τρόπος να γνωρίζουμε πώς προφέρονταν οι λέξεις.