OLD

LATIN

75 B.C.
The Old Latin Language
was spoken only in the
Italian peninsula, was
competing with other
languages, and became
known as the language of
victors from the many
wars and battles fought
("Old Latin in an Introduction to the
History of the Latin Language", 2012).

(VictorKharyk-Lidia-2005-afterIraidaChepil-1967, 2005)

Death:

Gaining great importance

as the formal language of
the Roman Empire; all
romance languages
descended from Latin
("History of the Latin", 2016).

In the Western world,

Latin was a learned
language for scientific and
political affairs ("History of the
Latin", 2016).

As many as half of the

English words have
derived from Latin,
including many words of
Greek, French, Spanish,
and Italian origin ("History of
the Latin", 2016).

Latin may be dormant

language but it remains an
important piece of our
linguistic puzzle ("Latin
Language", 2016)

Without Latin, very few of

the languages we speak
now would be possible
("Latin Language", 2016).