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> Because Latin has died out as a spoken language It evolved into Italian, Spanish, etc: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages https://en.wikipedi
by throw0101c 2y ago
> Because Latin has died out as a spoken language
It evolved into Italian, Spanish, etc:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages
- dhosek 2y agoWith an intermediate stage of “Vulgar Latin” of which little trace remains because it was predominantly a spoken language. Literate people, even if they might use Vulgar Latin themselves in conversation, generally chose to write in the more formal classical style. As I recall, most of what we have from Vulgar Latin is in the form of graffiti and other informal writing.