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Yes, inscriptions like "long live the LX regiment" or whatever graffiti. (Kind of joking.) Given the extent of the Roman Empire, I think Latin achieved some pr
by fn-mote 5y ago
Yes, inscriptions like "long live the LX regiment" or whatever graffiti. (Kind of joking.)
Given the extent of the Roman Empire, I think Latin achieved some pretty significant cultural status. Afaik, Catholic mass stopped being in latin in the 1960's. That's ~3rd century to 20th century. So in use roughly 3x as long as English? (Not a specialist.)
- inciampati 5y agoAnd given that something like half of the words in your post descend from latin, we might even regard english as a kind of daughter language. Of course I'm painting in overly broad strokes for the sake of conversation.
- cm2187 5y agoIt did in europe and northern africa. English is spoken (“airport english” that is) pretty much across the whole world. Entire industries only communicate in english. It is the international language of the elites, very much like latin was at a much smaller scale. And it has already influenced other languages that regularly use english words, and that’s only after a century of influence.