Sanskrit, once a sacred language, gave rise to Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and many more. 

The Roman Empire evolved into the Romance languages spoken worldwide today. 

Though evolved, Modern Greek retains many elements of its ancient counterpart. 

The English of today originated from Old English, influenced by Latin, Norse, and French. 

In the Middle East, Aramaic influenced Hebrew, Arabic, and survived in small communities. 

The Vikings' language lives on in Scandinavian tongues, especially in Icelandic, closest to Old Norse. 

Ancient Chinese characters shaped modern Mandarin & Cantonese, still widely used. 

Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Empire, evolved into Farsi, spoken in Iran and beyond. 

The last stage of ancient Egyptian is Coptic, which survives in liturgical used in Egyptian Arabic. 

The ancient Proto-Slavic formed the modern Russian, Polish, Czech, and others.