2006-11-09 11:46:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Not all, it's the root of Romance languages (i.e. French, Portugeuse, Spanish, Italian, etc.). Latin is not the root of Germanic languages, Asiatic languages, languages of the Americas, or African languages.
2006-11-09 11:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by Joy M 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No that is not accurate. Latin is the root for most European languages French, Spanish, English, Italian etc. Greek has also infused these languages to a large degree as well as the original Celt, and Iberian languages.
2006-11-09 19:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by ron k 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all, it's the root of Romance languages (i.e. French, Portugeuse, Spanish, Italian, etc.). Latin is not the root of Germanic languages, Asiatic languages,is languages of the Americas, or African languages.
needed to correct Joy Mor sumtin. this is coming from a girl with so many backgrounds it's crazy.
2006-11-09 21:27:43 · answer #3 · answered by aphroditiefifteen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. There are thousands of languages in the world and no language is the root of all other languages.
Latin is, however, the root of the romance languages, as many others have said, and it has had an impact on many other languages that are not romance languages as well.
2006-11-09 19:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by redline2200 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No it is not, but still it is one of the best languages to learn to give you a basic grammar and syntax for most other European languages, which are all more structured than English.
2006-11-09 20:18:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the root of romance languages and it heavily influences English.
However, there are other "base" languages. Sanskrit is the base for Hindi, etc..
2006-11-09 19:49:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
for some languages, greek is also one
2006-11-09 19:55:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's Indo-European.
2006-11-09 19:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by F T 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, no. Greek is also considered one of the root langages.
2006-11-09 19:49:56 · answer #9 · answered by scarypat2001 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
no
2006-11-09 19:54:27 · answer #10 · answered by birdman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋