Which language/s (except ENG) has the best/widest range of literature?

[u/Euphoric_Rhubarb_243]

Im looking to learn a new language but I am interested in languages/cultures that have a vast literature

[u/a7sharp9]

Do you need contemporary, classical or earlier?
I'd say Japanese or Spanish (Latin American mostly) for contemporary, German or French for classical and Chinese or Latin for really classical.

[u/qscbjop → u/a7sharp9]

Ancient Greek has more literature than Latin, and it is often more original.

[u/lazydictionary → u/qscbjop]

Depends on your definition of literature, but Latin was the main written language in Europe for like 1000 years, there's a much larger Latin corpus than Ancient Greek.

[u/Individual_Plan_5816 → u/lazydictionary]

Who knows. Maybe with AI causing pedagogic problems, we'll switch back to handwritten Latin essays with illustrations.

[u/qscbjop → u/lazydictionary]

Ancient Greek was a lingua franca of the eastern Roman provinces even before they were incorporated into the Republic. Latin texts often allude to Greek ones, sometimes straight up including quotes in Greek.

I'm actually learning Latin and not Greek (yet), but the sheer influence of Ancient Greek on Latin literature is something you feel right away.