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Preferred term

latLatin  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Latin (; Latin: , ) is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. It originated in the Italian peninsula. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and many schools and universities continue to teach it. Latin is still used in the creation of new words in modern languages of many different families, including English. Latin and its daughter Romance languages are the only surviving branch of the Italic language family. Other branches of the Italic languages are attested in documents surviving from early Italy, but were assimilated during the Roman Republic.

Entry terms

  • Latin language

ISO 639-1 code

  • la

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • lat

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • lat

ISO 639-3 code

  • lat

Notation

  • lat

In other languages

  • Latin

    French

  • latin
  • Latein

    German

  • latino

    Italian

  • Lingua latina
  • latim

    Portuguese

  • Latim
  • latín

    Spanish

  • Latín

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/lat

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