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I cannot. I hope to learn it one day, it's a beautiful language. Good luck to you in your studies.

I know some, but as for people speaking it, I don't think so, it is a dead language, Asians may learn it to help them understand the modern romantic languages but outside of antemology it doesn't have much use, unless you want to translate latin or teach it.

Originally posted by CactusmanX

I know some, but as for people speaking it, I don't think so, it is a dead language, Asians may learn it to help them understand the modern romantic languages but outside of antemology it doesn't have much use, unless you want to translate latin or teach it.

It has many applications when you study historical documents and religious texts. Also, it's just a cool language to know :)

Originally posted by Manson_Fan
Yes it turned into a dead language in about... 1950? When America started to take control of society and English became the international language. Still, you can speak five or so languages just because so many root words are from Latin.

For example:

asinus (ah-seen-us) - donkey - ass
taurus (towrus) - taurus (tor-us)
est - is
dormit - is sleeping
familia (fah-mil-lia) - (spanish) familia (meaning family)

I think that all European countries have Latin somewhere in their language, and English being composed of ~52.7% Latin root words. So, to learn Latin is to better understand the world in general.

Also, people do still speak Latin, just not an entire identifiable group. People throughout Europe and North America still speak Latin, it's just rare.

Ouch. What a horrible generalisation. So America killed Latin? To which "latin" are you referring. Consdering there have been MANY generations of "Latin" in which it evolved as a language.

Yes, saying "latin" is a dead language is also a generalisation. Old and Classical Latin maybe be "dead" in that fact that conversational usage may be a bit hard...but "Church" latin is still in use the last time I checked. I am pretty sure those guys at a little place called Vatican City would attest to that.

Originally posted by Manson_Fan
Yeah... I forgot about the Vatican. They speak the church Latin, but really that got far away from classic Latin.

optimus primus - Optimus Prime - first best (woah I'm smart lol)

And yes, if you look it up English did kill Latin. Latin was the international language before America started organizing themselves and meddling in other country's business.

English REPLACED Latin as an international language, but it didn't "kill" it. I also think you're view that it was because "America meddled" is a bit askew. It was a matter of fact that America started to become a major economic power shortly after WWII. That's simple business, you learn the language of your money market. Considering that more countries speak PROPER English rather than the horrifically bastardised form which we use here in the U.S. you MIGHT want to also take into account just how large the British Empire was at one time...

im taking latin this year