How Did Latin Become A Dead Language?
How Science Is Keeping Latin Alive https://youtu.be/qT4XWxlnYdU Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml While Latin's influence is apparent in many modern languages, it is no longer commonly...
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In early AD, the Roman Catholic Church dramatically gained power and influence over the AncientRome.With Latin as the Church’s preferred language, it too became the language of the Empire,whichat its height was estimated to cover roughly a quarter of the earth’s population..Toput that into perspective, today English is known to some degree by the same fraction- about a quarter of the world.So, imagine that roughly 2,000 years from now, NOBODY knows English, and studying itis a rare speciality.Today, Latin might not be “extinct”, which would mean it has no living speakers, butit is certainly “dead”, as it has fallen out of use as a method of communication.So, what happened to Latin?Well, it didn’t so much die, as it changed - into Romanian, Italian, Portuguese...
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In early AD, the Roman Catholic Church dramatically gained power and influence over the AncientRome.With Latin as the Church’s preferred language, it too became the language of the Empire,whichat its height was estimated to cover roughly a quarter of the earth’s population..Toput that into perspective, today English is known to some degree by the same fraction- about a quarter of the world.So, imagine that roughly 2,000 years from now, NOBODY knows English, and studying itis a rare speciality.Today, Latin might not be “extinct”, which would mean it has no living speakers, butit is certainly “dead”, as it has fallen out of use as a method of communication.So, what happened to Latin?Well, it didn’t so much die, as it changed - into Romanian, Italian, Portuguese...
