« Language was one thing that *did* change over time, and the Hylian tongue had had centuries to evolve. Since it had already been well-developed in the time of Zelda the First, with a stable grammatical system and standardized spelling, what people spoke in this new era was not totally incomprehensible to her » that's not how language works
@Lady Ah, yes, spelling, the thing that language totally is
“stable grammatical system” is a synonym for “dead”