2007-01-20 17:08:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what the heck is speaking''mexican''
2007-01-20 17:30:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no true Latin people...other than the inhabitants of "Latin America". The Roman Republic was founded by people who spoke Latin as their native language. European languages like Spanish, Italian, and French all came from Latin.
2007-01-20 17:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by fade0246 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny question, and important too.. The Latin language of the Roman Empire lost out to new languages by indigenous populations not Latin or changed into so-called "Latinate" languages--French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan etc. It was last used b government officials and priests and the use was replaced in most areas by English, German, the vulgate or commonly-used forms, etc. It's tough on latins, but there are people who till study it and used it--it has to be the most popular dead language on planet Earth. I hope it never dies; I'll study it along with Homeric Greek in my next lifetime. Thanks for asking. Star coming.
2016-05-24 03:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, because it's not used anymore. I know Latin well, but that doesn't mean I speak it on a daily basis.
People, Latin is not a dead language if it can still be spoken and translated. Just because there are a very small number of people who know it, does not mean it is dead.
2007-01-20 17:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by Becca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they are called Latin because their language is rooted in latin not remaining in Latin ;Italian french and spanish are directly evolved from latin while English a more difficult tongue because of the various different influences as latin french and germanic tongues etc. latin lawyers do sometimes ha
2007-01-20 17:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do if they're doctors. Latin is still the official medical language.
2007-01-20 17:16:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do. In China, all of our Romance languages would be considered dialects of the same Latin proto-language.
2007-01-20 17:10:53 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becasue Latin is a dead language that hasn't been used beyond Vatican City in hundreds of years.
Latin America is jsut some name that is politically correct a while back when Europe discovered the New World. So yeah... you are a dipsh*t.
2007-01-20 17:09:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Cause they're too busy speaking MEixcan
2007-01-20 17:20:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do...except it evolved into Italian, Spanish, English and French.....all things evolve.
2007-01-20 17:11:59 · answer #10 · answered by chuck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason you doesn't speak English.
2007-01-20 17:14:10 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋