Latin (/ˈlætɨn/; Latin: lingua latīna IPA: [ˈliŋɡwa laˈtiːna]; the noun lingua tongue and language and the adjective latinus latina and latinum in its three genders Latin) is anancient Italic language originally spoken by the Italic Latins in Latium and Ancient Rome. Along with most European languages it is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language.
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family
Italic languages, Latino-Faliscan languages
language regulator or academy
Pontifical Academy for Latin
spoken in
Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Vatican City, Latium, Early modern Europe, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
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