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The Impact and Revival of Latin Language
TLDR Latin, a language that has been dead for 1500 years, still has a significant impact on our world today, appearing on money, serving as mottos, and providing the foundation for naming systems in biology, law, and logic. Latin experienced a revival in the 15th century and has seen a recent resurgence thanks to the Internet, with its use in EU institutions, immersion camps, YouTube channels, podcasts, and its influence on Romance languages, scientific and legal terminology.
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Latin, a language that has been dead for 1500 years, still has a significant impact on our world today, appearing on money, serving as mottos, and providing the foundation for naming systems in biology, law, and logic.
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Latin evolved into Classical Latin, which was a precise, rules-based language spoken by the nobility, while the language spoken by the common people, known as Vulgar Latin, eventually evolved into the Romance languages we know today, with French being the furthest from Latin.
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Latin is different from the Romance languages because it lacks articles, has no straightforward words for yes or no, and is a highly inflected language where word endings determine a word's function in a sentence.
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Latin is a highly inflected language where word endings determine a word's function in a sentence, making word order less important than in other languages.
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Latin remained in use amongst the educated, especially amongst the clergy, because it was used as the liturgical language by the Catholic Church and was the language of scholarship during the Middle Ages, as well as the basis of education and literacy.
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Latin declined in usage after the fall of the Roman Empire, but experienced a revival in the 15th century with a return to classical pronunciation; however, it declined again in the 18th century and reached its lowest point in the 70s and 80s, but has seen a recent revival thanks to the Internet.
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Latin has experienced a revival with the use of Latin in EU institutions, immersion camps and conferences, Latin-speaking YouTube channels and podcasts, the Netflix series Barbarian, a Latin course on Duolingo, and its influence on Romance languages, scientific and legal terminology.
