Public correction record

Dead language does not mean zero ambiguity or drift

Correction

Lack of native conversational evolution can reduce one source of drift, but textual variants, polysemy, scholarly interpretation, transliteration, corpus choice, and modern assignment remain variable.

Stable record: COR-K08-003
Claim status: CORRECTED
Last reviewed: 2026-08-16
Research cutoff: 2026-08-16
Source type: PUBLIC CORRECTION
Currentness: Current for release 2.1.0; external sources require periodic revalidation.
Correction state: No unresolved public correction recorded for this release.
Machine record: Static JSON record

Prior record

Source language describes dead languages as having zero ambiguity or zero semantic drift.

Reason for correction

The absolute claim is not supported by the nature of historical-language evidence.

Affected record

REP-K08-058, REP-K08-061. Correction date: 2026-08-15.

Supporting sources

RFC 5646 — Tags for Identifying Languages — IETF / RFC Editor; RFC 5646 / BCP 47; BEST CURRENT PRACTICE. Exact claim-support entries: 1. Revalidated 2026-08-15T23:55:00Z.

Correction semantics

The prior record remains preserved for history. The corrected record is active for K02. Correction does not erase provenance, create retroactive authority, or prove every adjacent proposition.