Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin | |
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Proto-Romance | |
sermō vulgāris | |
Native to | Roman Republic,Roman Empire |
Era | Antiquity;developed intoRomance languages6th to 9th centuries |
Indo-European
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
lat-vul | |
Glottolog | None |
![]() TheRoman Empirein 117 AD | |
Vulgar Latin,orCommon Latin,is one of the two types ofLatin,an oldlanguagethat was spoken by theRomans.Vulgar Latin is not spoken anymore, but its manydialectseventually became what are nowRomance languages(such asItalian,Spanish,French,PortugueseandRomanian). Vulgar Latin was spoken by the regular people (vulgusin Latin means "common" ): farmers, workers and others without a great deal of education.
Origin
[change|change source]Classical Latinis the type ofLatinthat was first spoken by theRomans.As time went by, fewer and fewer people spokeClassical Latin,and in the end, the language changed to become Vulgar Latin. After a while, only scholars spoke Classical Latin, but books were still written in it.
Latin is no longer spoken as a native language, but many educational institutions teach it as asecond language,and manyRoman Catholic Churchofficials are fluent in it.
Grammar
[change|change source]Vulgar Latin is similar to Classical Latin but has some differences in pronunciation and vocabulary. Latin has five basiccasesfornouns,