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How did the spoken Latin language disappeared ? I mean it was the normal spoken language back then but how did it become extinct ? Why didnt they teach it in schools ?
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The fall of Rome (A. D. 476) was the beginning of the Dark Ages, when learning and literacy took a real nosedive. There were few schools for Latin to be taught in. It remained alive in Church institutions, mostly as a written language, but spoken Latin broke down into the Romance vernaculars. Keep in mind that language changes constantly, although not always at the same rate. When groups of people speaking the same language are separated from one another, especially when few of them can read or write, the different regional branches of that language can diverge pretty rapidly. However, people in the various parts of what had been the Roman Empire probably thought they were still speaking Latin well after their dialects had become so different that they could barely have understood one another.
Declamation.
And it is still taught.
Classical Latin as we know it is a rather artificial, formal, and archaic version of what was actually spoken in the days of the Roman Empire. This kind of Latin ceased to be in colloquial use sometime around the second century BC, but its use in oration and especially writing has continued down to the present day. But the language spoken by the common man, and promulgated by the advancing Roman legions, was vulgar Latin (not so called because it used naughty words, but because it was spoken by the vulgus). As nearly always happens with living languages, the vulgar Latin diverged greatly over time from classical Latin, which remained essentially intact, and became a base corruption of its former self (though in truth, all natural languages are corruptions of their former selves). After the collapse of the Empire in the fifth century, the remnants of the Empire that continued to speak vulgar Latin developed local dialects that grew into distinct languages, now called the Romance languages (not because they are so romantic, but because they derive from the language of the Romans), such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian. So in a sense Latin has never ceased to be spoken in Rome; it is merely that we call the Latin now spoken there Italian.
More info:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2444/splatin.html
As a personal note, I’ll tell you that Latin is still being taught in high-schools and universities. I don’t know if this happens in other countries whose language evolved from Latin, but in Spain, if you want to have a major in Spanish, you gotta study Latin for several years. It helps you comprehend Spanish a lot. Even I (whose major is English) studied it. I suppose it’s the same in other countries.
Good luck!
Latin was spoken in many countries and people changed words to suit there needs. We them ended up with the languages of today.
All language changes over time.you would’nt understand english spoken 400 years ago either.Just look how the english language has chanhed in the last 50 year’s or read a book that is 100 year’s old there will be words you don’t know or understand.
It just evolved. It eventually turned into different dialects in different parts of the Roman Empire, and then turned into its own language.
There are two thriving conversational Latin groups in London, where members meet to speak Classical Latin over beers in the pub.
Tens of thousands are learning conversational Classical Latin using the Latinum Podcast – using a textbook specially written just for that. Latin is still taught in schools, and a growing number of teachers teach it through conversation, just like a living language.
The main nail in the coffin for Latin was the rise of Nationalism, with regional languages being promoted. It was still the official language of the parliament of Hungary until the mid 1800’s. It remained as a spoken language for scholarship in eastern Europe until around the same time.
http://latinum.mypodcast.com