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As far as I know, nobody is sure how it's pronounced correctly. I'm German and our teachers always said, Latin is easy to pronounce, just like you would do it
by k__ 3y ago
As far as I know, nobody is sure how it's pronounced correctly.
I'm German and our teachers always said, Latin is easy to pronounce, just like you would do it in German, but that's just an educated guess.
- marcosdumay 3y agoPeople have been teaching each other how to pronouncing Latin non-stop since Ancient Rome. So, while it's probable that there's some deviation, it's not a guess at all. Besides, most Latin languages agree on most of their sounds, so even if we didn't know how it sounds, that guess would be very highly educated.
- t-3 3y agoLinguists have analyzed ancient texts (through common misspellings, poetry, etc) and mostly pieced together what it sounded at like at certain times/places. Pronunciation is a moving target and not much worth getting hung up on.
- dblack12705 3y agoLatin is actually very well attested, both in the classical and ecclesiastical pronunciation. There’s lots of languages, like Egyptian, where the phonology is pretty speculative, but Latin isn’t one of them.