Editing Classical language (section)

===Early modern period===
* [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] (one of two major literary traditions of Northern India during [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] rule led to its use by poets, 14th to 18th centuries)
* [[Braj literature|Braj Bhasha]] (the second of two major literary traditions in early modern Northern India used by poets, 15th-19th centuries)
* [[Italian language#Renaissance|Renaissance Italian]] (language of the [[Italian Renaissance]], 15th to 16th centuries)
* [[History of Portuguese|Late Old Portuguese]] (language of [[History of Portugal (1415–1578)|Portuguese Golden Age]], 15th to 16th centuries)
* [[Early Modern Spanish]] (language of the [[Spanish Golden Age]], 15th to 17th centuries)
* [[Azerbaijani literature#Classical era|Classical Azeri]] (lingua franca of the Caucasus Mountain region and language of Azeri literature, 15th to 18th centuries)
* [[Lithuanian language#Old Lithuanian|Old Lithuanian]] (the other language of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], 16th to 17th centuries)
* [[Early Modern English]] (language of the [[King James Version|King James Bible]], the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', and [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], 16th to 17th centuries)
* [[Middle Polish]] (language of the [[Polish Golden Age]], 16th to 18th centuries)
* [[Ottoman Turkish#History|Classical Ottoman Turkish]] (language of poetry and administration of the [[Ottoman Empire]], 16th to 19th centuries)
* [[Manchu language]] (language of the Manchus who ruled China, 16th–20th centuries)
* [[History of the Dutch language#Standardization and Modern Dutch|Early Modern Dutch]] (language of the [[Dutch Golden Age]], 17th century)
* [[History of French#Modern French|Early Modern French]] (language of [[France]] under [[Louis XIV]] to [[Napoleon]], 17th to 18th centuries)
* [[Judaeo-Spanish#History|Classical Ladino]] (language of [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardic Jewish literature]], 17th to 19th centuries)
* [[History of the Russian language#Empire (18th–19th centuries)|Classical Russian]] (language of the [[Russian Empire]], 18th to 19th centuries)
* [[Classical Mongolian language]] (the language of Mongolian literature and translations of Tibetan Buddhist religious texts from 1700–1900)
* [[Sadhu bhasha|Sadhu Bhasha]] (the modern language Bengali from 1820s to 1940s)
* [[Yiddish#Secularization|Classical Yiddish]] (language of the [[Yiddishist movement|Yiddish Renaissance]], 19th–20th centuries)
* [[Classical Newar]] (lingua franca in India-Tibet trade)
* [[Harari language|Classical Harari]] (language of the city of [[Harar]]. Major language of Islamic scholarship from the 16th -20th centuries.)