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What kind of language was classical Latin?
| Latin | |
|---|---|
| Era | Vulgar Latin developed into the Romance languages, 6th to 9th centuries; the formal language continued as the scholarly lingua franca of medieval Europe and Cilicia, as well as the liturgical language of the Catholic Church. |
| Language family | Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin |
| Writing system | Latin alphabet |
When did classical Latin stop being spoken?
To oversimplify the matter, Latin began to die out in the 6th century shortly after the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. The fall of Rome precipitated the fragmentation of the empire, which allowed distinct local Latin dialects to develop, dialects which eventually transformed into the modern Romance languages.
What is Classical Latin language?
Classical Latin is the form of Latin language recognized as a standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. In some later periods, it was regarded as good or proper Latin, with following versions viewed as debased, degenerate, vulgar, or corrupted.
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What does Cruttwell say about classical Latin?
In time, some of Cruttwell’s ideas become established in Latin philology. While praising the application of rules to classical Latin (most intensely in the Golden Age, he says “In gaining accuracy, however, classical Latin suffered a grievous loss. It became cultivated as distinct from a natural language…