Exactly. Latin is case-based as are Slavic languages even today. It would interesting to see if Russian (or Finnish, which despite not being Indo-European in or

Exactly. Latin is case-based as are Slavic languages even today. It would interesting to see if Russian (or Finnish, which despite not being Indo-European in origin also has a lot of cases) Latin scholars can read Latin more fluently in general as the grammar would not be as alien as it is to native English speakers.