How did the Latin language die?

Answer 1

Latin didn't die, it still has millions of speakers today. We just call it French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Sardinian, Romanian, Fruilian, Provencal, etc. Latin evolved into the languages of Western Europe as different regional dialects arose within it and followed their own paths. About 800, a guy named Alcuin noticed what was happening and "formalized" the written language that we now know as "Latin", but the only thing he wanted to do was to create a standard written language for cross-cultural communication. Spoken, living, Latin had already evolved into something completely different and is still very much alive today.

That written language died out as the printing press made mass-market books in the local languages more profitable than moldy old Latin volumes that were only purchased by "eggheads". The last major Latin scientific work to be published in England, for example, was in the 1600s--Newton's Principia (ironically, this is arguably the most important scientific work ever published, if not the most important book ever published). Latin died because the local languages made more money for the printers and if you can't get your book published in Latin......

Answer 2

Why Did Latin Die

Answer 3

All uni ersities in europe taught exclusively in Latin until the 1600's. With the rise of the nation-state, national languages were promoted. Latin declined. By the 1960's almost no universities required Latin as an admission requirement, and no lectures were held in Latin, bar the odd survivor here and there, such as certain addresses given at Harvard.
Latin is still spoken, there are around 1 000 fluent speakers worldwide, and around 10 000 others who can converse.
You can hear spoken Latin here:
http:latinum.mypodcast.com

Answer 4

Latin is still used in Mass in Catholic churches and the Vatican City.... Basically Latin became less popular during the middle ages before the Renaissance because people were poor and the uneducated population outnumbered the educated population greatly. We only have very few Latin publications because of the monks, and i thank them 'cause i love the Latin language

Answer 5

It didn't die. It faded away in its original form. It blended into French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Roumanian, all of which are modern Latin dialects. In its original form it remains alive to some degree in ecclesiastical and legal contexts.

Answer 6

It is not an easy language. It is very complex. People in the different countries, after the fall of the Roman empire were slowly modifying it in an easier way ( for them, at least )

Answer 7

It died as the government/culture that spoke it went into to decline and were conquered and absorbed by other cultures. The Church did retain its usage, but that is not considered to constitute a living language.

Answer 8

hi....it died with the medioeval latin because nobody put into new words....
however i'm italian and I konw very well latin if you wont to translate somethong you can ask me.....
bye...

Answer 9

It didn't in the catholic church.