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Latin language

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Latin language member of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Latin was first encountered in ancient times as the language of Latium, the region of central Italy in which Rome is located (see Italic languages ). Roman conquests later spread Latin throughout Italy and the vast Roman Empire. Numerous documents, such as Latin inscriptions and literary works, furnish much information about the language, as do the comments of ancient scholars and various related dialects and languages. After the ancient Romans began to develop a literature (in the 3d cent. BC), a gap emerged... Read more
Latin language
...was the language most widely employed in the West for scholarly and literary purposes. Until the latter part of the 20th century, its use was required in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. Latin language Latin language Latin language Read more
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Latin. The language of government and the courts, Latin was also the normal spoken language of many people...way to Late Latin and the more popular spoken language had been adopted...writing in Latin established it as the language of the W. Church... Read more

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