Latin

Latin
Latin
lingua latīna
	Latin inscription, in the Colosseum
Pronunciation	[laˈtiːna]
Native to	Latium; Roman Kingdom / Republic / Empire; Early modern Europe; ; Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (lingua franca); Vatican City;
Ethnicity	Latins
Era	Vulgar Latin developed into the Romance languages, 6th to 9th centuries; the formal language continued as the scholarly lingua franca of Catholic countries and medieval Europe and as the liturgical language of the Catholic Church.
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin; ; ;
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Holy See;
Regulated by	Antiquity: Roman schools of grammar/rhetoric; Today: Pontifical Academy for Latin;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	la
ISO 639-2	lat
ISO 639-3	lat
Glottolog	impe1234; lati1261
Linguasphere	51-AAB-aa to 51-AAB-ac
	Map indicating the greatest extent of the Roman Empire under Emperor Trojan (c. 117 AD) and the area governed by Latin speakers (dark red). Many languages other than Latin were spoken within the empire.
	Range of the Romance languages, the modern descendants of Latin, in Europe.
	This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Latin is an Italic language that was developed in Ancient Rome. Short Latin texts have been found from about the 5th century BC and longer texts from about the 3rd century BC.

Spoken Latin

All alphabets of latin

A woman speaking Latin

↑ "Schools". Britannica (1911 ed.).

[1] "Schools". Britannica (1911 ed.).

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Latin
lingua latīna
Latin inscription, in the Colosseum
Pronunciation	[laˈtiːna]
Native to	Latium Roman Kingdom / Republic / Empire Early modern Europe Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (lingua franca) Vatican City
Ethnicity	Latins
Era	Vulgar Latin developed into the Romance languages, 6th to 9th centuries; the formal language continued as the scholarly lingua franca of Catholic countries and medieval Europe and as the liturgical language of the Catholic Church.
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Holy See
Regulated by	Antiquity: Roman schools of grammar/rhetoric^[1] Today: Pontifical Academy for Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`la`
ISO 639-2	`lat`
ISO 639-3	`lat`
Glottolog	`impe1234` `lati1261`
Linguasphere	`51-AAB-aa to 51-AAB-ac`
Map indicating the greatest extent of the Roman Empire under Emperor Trojan (c. 117 AD) and the area governed by Latin speakers (dark red). Many languages other than Latin were spoken within the empire.
Range of the Romance languages, the modern descendants of Latin, in Europe.
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Latin

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