2007-12-14 12:55:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In addition to the Vatican (which is an city-state with its own flag and everything), there are conferences all over America where people get together to speak Latin. Textbooks are coming out that teach conversational Latin. And there are even a few neo-Latin dictionaries with words for "website," "subway," "shotgun," etc. There's even an online newspaper in Latin, and a 5-minute radio news show every week.
Latin isn't dead. It's just resting.
2007-12-14 14:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Diana 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Latin today is actually more of a language to be read and written rather than spoken.
In fact, we don't know how the ancient Romans spoke Latin although it is believed that the way a modern Italian from Rome would say something in Latin reflects the original Roman pronuciation more than the way a Spaniard or a Frenchman would say it.
2007-12-14 23:48:43 · answer #2 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ita, ego loquor Latinam, et paucos socios qui loquuntur quoque habeo.
2007-12-14 21:08:44 · answer #3 · answered by aida 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a dead tongue. It is used mostly in religious ceremonies.
2007-12-14 21:01:37 · answer #4 · answered by juankiboi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vatican does in all its official communications, it's their official tongue.
2007-12-14 21:07:16 · answer #5 · answered by pikapikapokapoka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋