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Vulgar Latin, vernacular form of the Latin language Latin language, member of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Latin was first encountered in ancient times as the language of Latium, the region of central Italy in which Rome is located (see Italic languages ). ..... Click the link for more information. spoken in ancient Rome and the Roman Empire, as distinguished from classical or literary Latin. Vulgar Latin, rather than classical Latin, is the true parent of the individual Romance languages Romance languages, group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Italic languages ). Also called Romanic, they are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world, but chiefly in Europe and the ..... Click the link for more information. . Vulgar Latin any of the dialects of Latin spoken in the Roman Empire other than classical Latin. The Romance languages developed from them |
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4) his sacrifice of elegance to textual fidelity, through his classical training "raised the vulgar Latin of Christianity to the heights of great literature" (J. |
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