Latin
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 Latin pages
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| Introduction · Cases · Pronouns · Verbs · Sounds and Writing |
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| Latino-Faliscan | Faliscan | ||||
| Latin
| Italo-Dalmatian |  Corsican,  Dalmatian,  Istriot,  Italian,  Neapolitan,  Sicilian
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| Eastern Romance |  Moldovan,  Romanian
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| Southern Romance |  Sardian,
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| Western Romance | Pyrenean-Mozarabic | Aragonese, Mozarabic | |||
| Gallo-Iberian | Langues d'oïl |  French
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| Occitano-Romance | |||||
| Gallo-Italian | |||||
| Ibero-Romance | West Iberian |  Galician,  Leonese,  Spanish,  Portuguese
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| East Iberian |  Catalan
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| Rhaeto-Romance |  Friulian,  Ladin,  Romansh
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| Oscan | Sabine, South Picene, Oscan | ||||
| Umbrian | Aequian, Marsian, Umbrian, Volscian | ||||
| Vestinian | Vestinian | ||||
Contents |
An Introduction to the Language
History
Latin is the ancient language of the Romans. It was used in Rome and an area called Latium. The spread of Latin was due to the spread of the entire Roman Empire whence it covered half of Europe. As a result many European languages inherited a great deal of vocabulary from it. This was further helped by the fact that Latin was the official language of science until the 17th century.
Family
Indo-European
- Italic
- Latino-Faliscan
- Latin
- Latino-Faliscan
Spoken in
All over the world, the Vatican City and the Pope.
