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It is the official language of the Vatican. That isnt nothing and probably saves latin from formal dead status imho. And lots of military organizations use it
by sandworm101 3y ago
It is the official language of the Vatican. That isnt nothing and probably saves latin from formal dead status imho. And lots of military organizations use it for mottos. So someone is out there creating new sentences with it on a semi-regular basis.
- moffkalast 3y agoLast I checked there were no people being born in Vatican nor had Latin as their first language, citizenship is only given based on the office you hold. It's pretty close to nothing, it's a corporate HQ with a language requirement. Dead languages aren't those who aren't being spoken or used anymore, it's those that have no native speakers. It's not something that's in any way compatible with programming languages.
- fasterik 3y agoLatin has no first-language speakers, so that makes it a dead language by definition. That's different from being an extinct language, which means that it would have no first- or second-language speakers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct_language
- andylynch 3y agoClassical languages like Latin are a bit of a special case - for instance new works and translations /imto/ Latin are still occasionally published (Hobbitus Ille for instance is stocked in certain bookstores here)
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- olddustytrail 3y ago> It is the official language of the Vatican For a second there I thought we were still talking about Pascal! I'd wager it should be...