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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
How exactly is that supposed to help? Even such basic terms like 'noun' or 'verb' means different things in Latin and English, like similar only in name. When we go outside of the IE family, the Latin grammar terminology more hinders then helps.
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It helps because these are the technical terms used to talk about language, even non-IE languages. I study ancient Egyptian, for example, and all Egyptian grammar books use terms like "noun", "verb", "participle", etc, even though ancient Egyptian, like modern Arabic, is not an IE language.