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Also Known As: Latina,Latin language Description: Latin (lingua Latīna, pronounced [laˈtiːna]) is an Italic language historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe. Romance languages such as Italian, French, Catalan, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese are descended from Latin, while many others, especially European languages, including English, have inherited and acquired much of their vocabulary from Latin. It was the international language of science and scholarship in central and western Europe until the 17th century, then it was gradually replaced by vernacular languages, especially French, which became the new lingua franca of Europe. There are two main varieties of Latin: Classical Latin, the literary dialect used in poetry and prose, and Vulgar Latin, the form of the language spoken by ordinary people. Vulgar Latin was preserved as a spoken language in much of Europe after the decline of the Roman Empire, and by the 9th century diverged into the various Romance languages. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Latin survived as the lingua franca of educated classes in the West, and this survival was reinforced by the..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Latin Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/lat/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Genesis Translation: 1 (download) (browse) Orthography: 1 (download) (browse) 2 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Vatican City Spoken In: Countries: Holy Roman Empire Regions: Europe ISO 639-1 Code: la ISO 639-2 Code: lat ISO 639-3 Code: lat Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Indo-European Group     Italic Group       Latino-Faliscan Group         Latin Language           Ecclesiastical Latin           Medieval Latin           New Latin           Old Latin