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There was never an official language of the empire, however, Latin and Greek were the main languages. [16] During the early years of the Roman Empire, educated nobles often relied on their knowledge of Greek to meet societal expectations, and knowledge of Latin was useful for a career in the military, government, or law. [17]
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin [2] or Neo-Latin [3] languages, are the languages that are directly descended from Vulgar Latin. [4] They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are:
This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire. Latin Name English Name ... 6 languages ...
Each specific language should go under its own language group, unless it is too hard to establish that group. ... Latin regions (1 C, 4 P) Linguists of Romance ...
The East group includes Romanian, the languages of Corsica and Sardinia, [9] and all languages of Italy south of a line through the cities of Rimini and La Spezia (see La Spezia–Rimini Line). Languages in this group are said to be more conservative, i.e. they retained more features of the original Latin.
Roman language may refer to: Latin, the language of Ancient Rome; Romaic, the language of the Byzantine Empire; Languages of the Roman Empire; Romance languages, the languages descended from Latin, including French, Spanish and Italian; Romanesco dialect, the variety of Italian spoken in the area of Rome
Abronius Silo - latin poet [1] Abudius Ruso - aedile and legate [2] [3] Portrait of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa; Lucius Accius - tragic poet and literary scholar [4] [5] [6] Titus Accius - jurist and equestrian [7] Acerronia Polla - servant of Agrippina the Younger [8] Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus - consul [9] [10] Acilius Severus - consul and urban ...
Ecclesiastical Latin – Latin Ecclesiastical Latin is a liturgical language used by the Catholic Church; Edo – Edo Spoken in: Edo State, Nigeria; Efik – Usem Efik Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria; Egyptian Arabic – مصرى Spoken in: Egypt; Ekajuk – Ekajuk Spoken in: Nigeria; Ekoka ǃKung – ǃXuun