Latin | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-08

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Latin


00:01:53 1 History
00:02:47 1.1 Old Latin
00:03:23 1.2 Classical Latin
00:03:57 1.3 Vulgar Latin
00:06:26 1.4 Medieval Latin
00:07:37 1.5 Renaissance Latin
00:08:24 1.6 New Latin
00:08:52 1.7 Contemporary Latin
00:13:56 2 Legacy
00:14:08 2.1 Inscriptions
00:14:45 2.2 Literature
00:15:55 2.3 Influence on present-day languages
00:18:37 2.4 Education
00:20:40 2.5 Official status
00:21:53 3 Phonology
00:22:20 3.1 Consonants
00:23:42 3.2 Vowels
00:23:50 3.2.1 Simple vowels
00:25:13 3.2.2 Diphthongs
00:27:09 4 Orthography
00:29:42 4.1 Alternative scripts
00:30:13 5 Grammar
00:32:09 5.1 Nouns
00:36:10 5.2 Adjectives
00:36:45 5.2.1 First and second-declension adjectives
00:37:40 5.2.2 Third declension adjectives
00:38:13 5.2.3 Participles
00:38:36 5.3 Prepositions
00:39:10 5.4 Verbs
00:43:20 5.4.1 Deponent verbs
00:43:38 6 Vocabulary
00:46:16 7 Phrases
00:49:00 8 Numbers
00:49:31 9 Example text



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SUMMARY
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Latin (Latin: lingua latīna, IPA: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa laˈtiːna]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets, and ultimately from the Phoenician alphabet.
Latin was originally spoken in the area surrounding Rome, known as Latium. Through the power of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language, initially in Italy and subsequently throughout the western Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin developed into the Romance languages, such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Romanian. Latin, Greek, and French have contributed many words to the English language. In particular, Latin and Ancient Greek roots are used in theology, biology, science, medicine, and law.
By the late Roman Republic (75 BC), Old Latin had been standardised into Classical Latin. Vulgar Latin was the colloquial form spoken during the same time and attested in inscriptions and the works of comic playwrights like Plautus and Terence. Late Latin is the written language from the 3rd century, and Medieval Latin the language used from the 9th century to the Renaissance which used Renaissance Latin. Later, Early Modern Latin and Modern Latin evolved. Latin was used as the language of international communication, scholarship, and science until well into the 18th century, when it began to be supplanted by vernaculars. Ecclesiastical Latin remains the official language of the Holy See and the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Latin is taught in primary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions around the world.Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders, seven noun cases, five declensions, four verb conjugations, four verb principal parts, six tenses, three persons, three moods, two voices, two aspects and two numbers.