Vulgar Latin | |
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Proto-Romance | |
sermō vulgāris | |
Native to | Roman Republic, Roman Empire |
Era | Antiquity; developed into Romance languages 6th to 9th centuries |
Indo-European
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
lat-vul | |
Glottolog | None |
The Roman Empire in 117 AD | |
Vulgar Latin, or Common Latin, is one of the two types of Latin, an old language that was spoken by the Romans. Vulgar Latin is not spoken anymore, but its many dialects eventually became what are now Romance languages (such as Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Romanian). Vulgar Latin was spoken by the regular people (vulgus in Latin means "common"): farmers, workers and others without a great deal of education.