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Language Information
 
name
Latin
 
pronunciation
/laˈtiːna/
 
states
Vatican City
 
speakers
Native: none<br />Second Language Fluent: estimated at 5,000<br />Second Language Literate: estimated 25,000
 
extinct
Late Latin
developed into various
Romance Languages
by the
9th Century
 
familycolor
Indo-European
 
fam2
Italic
 
fam3
Latino-Faliscan
 
nation
Vatican City
<br><small>Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech</small>
 
agency
Opus Fundatum Latinitas
<br />
Roman Catholic Church