Comments on: Did early germans speak latin long before settling Rome? http://language-latin.com/did-early-germans-speak-latin-long-before-settling-rome.html Find out about the language of Latin online. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:59:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: aera http://language-latin.com/did-early-germans-speak-latin-long-before-settling-rome.html/comment-page-1#comment-1553 aera Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:29:09 +0000 http://language-latin.com/did-early-germans-speak-latin-long-before-settling-rome.html#comment-1553 There were Germanic people who could speak Latin, and they learned it through their contacts with Romans. When they conquered Rome in the 400s AD, Latin had already been spoken there for a long time. Based on your question, it seems that you have some of the historical facts confused, but maybe I am reading your question wrong. There were Germanic people who could speak Latin, and they learned it through their contacts with Romans. When they conquered Rome in the 400s AD, Latin had already been spoken there for a long time. Based on your question, it seems that you have some of the historical facts confused, but maybe I am reading your question wrong.

]]> By: Bill P http://language-latin.com/did-early-germans-speak-latin-long-before-settling-rome.html/comment-page-1#comment-1554 Bill P Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:29:09 +0000 http://language-latin.com/did-early-germans-speak-latin-long-before-settling-rome.html#comment-1554 Not at all. Germans had their own language which is quite different from Latin. As a matter of fact, the German language had substantial influence on the pronunciation after Latin after the German invasions into Rome. Latin did not have a V sound, a W sound or a J prior to the Medieval time. Julius Caesar's name would be spelled I(i)vlivs Caesar, with the Vs being pronounced as Us. Caesar would have been pronounced as Kaiser. That is not to say that there is not a Latin influence on German - there are plenty of words in the German vocabulary that are derived from Latin Not at all. Germans had their own language which is quite different from Latin. As a matter of fact, the German language had substantial influence on the pronunciation after Latin after the German invasions into Rome. Latin did not have a V sound, a W sound or a J prior to the Medieval time. Julius Caesar’s name would be spelled I(i)vlivs Caesar, with the Vs being pronounced as Us. Caesar would have been pronounced as Kaiser.

That is not to say that there is not a Latin influence on German – there are plenty of words in the German vocabulary that are derived from Latin

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