2006-08-25 06:25:31 · 17 answers · asked by joseguate22 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Latin did not disappear. It evolved into French, Provençal, Franco-Provençal, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Catalan, Ladin, Friulian, Romansch, Lombard, Italian, Venetian, Corsican, Sardinian, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Dalmatian, Arumanian, Macedo-Romanian, Istro-Romanian, Romanian. These are the Romance languages--direct descendants of Latin.
2006-08-25 09:42:02 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Latin is an ancient Indo-European language. It was originally spoken only in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome, but gained wide currency as the formal language of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Later adopted by medieval scholars and the Catholic Church, it remained alive for many centuries after Rome's fall.
Latin is now widely considered to be an extinct language, with very few fluent speakers and almost no native ones.
Latin survives as the official tongue of Vatican City and as the official language of communication of the Roman Catholic Church. Until the 1960s, it was also the language of the Roman Catholic liturgy and is still so used under certain conditions. During the Middle Ages it flourished as the language of the universities, scholars, and writers. It was the language of diplomacy in Europe as late as the 17th cent. and was still widely used in scholarly writing in the 19th cent. Today, although the language has a diminished role in the school curriculum, Latin roots continue to serve as a major source for the derivation of new terms in the sciences and technologies.
2006-08-25 06:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Latin language did not disappear. They still speak Latin in Latin America.
2006-08-25 07:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it had to do with the catholic church--- people weren't thought latin, you only learned it if you were to become part of the catholic church. Now a days it is still studied for the same reasons... it's not really a spoken language, more of a language that you read for study.
2006-08-25 06:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by erotikos_stratiotis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All language adjustments over the years.you may'nt understand english spoken 4 hundred years in the past the two.basically look how the english language has chanhed interior the final 50 3 hundred and sixty 5 days's or study a e book it somewhat is one hundred 3 hundred and sixty 5 days's previous there will be words you do no longer understand or understand.
2016-09-29 23:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latin didn't disappear... it's still the official language of the Catholic Church and spoken almost exclusively in the Vatican.
2006-08-25 06:31:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that ATM cash points in the Vatican City have a language choice and Latin is one of the options?!!!
2006-08-25 06:39:05 · answer #7 · answered by Pixie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mutated and was absorbed into other languages after the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of French as the dominant European Language
2006-08-25 06:31:14 · answer #8 · answered by n2mustaches 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Latin is still alive and well in Europe, as well in science, medicine, and in the Catholic Church. You can even learn Latin in school in some countries of Europe.
2006-08-25 06:45:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it didn't completely disappear. The Pope and some other people who live in Vatican City still speak it, but it's really very rare.
2006-08-25 07:15:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋