The Latin Language’s Impact - Jessica Blelloch
Intro
Today 800 million people worldwide speak Romance languages, or languages derived from latin roots, and 335 million speak English.
Spanish (410 million),Portuguese (216 million), French (75 million), Italian (60 million), Romanian (25 million)
Language is one of the most important things. We use it every single day, and with bout it the world wouldn't be what it is now.
Though some may consider Latin a dead language that no longer matters, the Latin language led to the very widely used romance languages, which in turn influenced our modern english. p1 - Latin Language
Latin was brought to Italy about 1000 BC by Indo-European immigrants from Northern Europe.
It began as a local tongue in …show more content…
It is used by the vatican and in the catholic church p2 - Romance Languages
The latin language spread during the roman empire combined with local dialects gave rise to the romance …show more content…
p3 - Romance language influence
During the Roman domination in Britain (43-449 A.D.) Latin was the official language of the administration.
With saint augustine mission in 597 BC religion brought many new latin and romance language inspired words into the english dictionary
However, celtic language remained strong and mainly uninfluenced in Britain until 1066
The conquest of 1066 took french across the borders and into Britain, where it greatly influenced the english language
Lastly, during the Renaissance a spike in interest about the latin language brought thousands of new latin inspired words and prefixes to Britain about 72% of the Modern English words are of Romance origin p5 - Summary
The Latin language of Ancient Rome had changed language as we know it today.
From french to portuguese to english, we owe much of how we speak to that first settlement along the tiber river.
It is important to step back and look at how ancient times affected the modern ones.
“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)” ― Marcus Tullius
Intro
Today 800 million people worldwide speak Romance languages, or languages derived from latin roots, and 335 million speak English.
Spanish (410 million),Portuguese (216 million), French (75 million), Italian (60 million), Romanian (25 million)
Language is one of the most important things. We use it every single day, and with bout it the world wouldn't be what it is now.
Though some may consider Latin a dead language that no longer matters, the Latin language led to the very widely used romance languages, which in turn influenced our modern english. p1 - Latin Language
Latin was brought to Italy about 1000 BC by Indo-European immigrants from Northern Europe.
It began as a local tongue in …show more content…
It is used by the vatican and in the catholic church p2 - Romance Languages
The latin language spread during the roman empire combined with local dialects gave rise to the romance …show more content…
p3 - Romance language influence
During the Roman domination in Britain (43-449 A.D.) Latin was the official language of the administration.
With saint augustine mission in 597 BC religion brought many new latin and romance language inspired words into the english dictionary
However, celtic language remained strong and mainly uninfluenced in Britain until 1066
The conquest of 1066 took french across the borders and into Britain, where it greatly influenced the english language
Lastly, during the Renaissance a spike in interest about the latin language brought thousands of new latin inspired words and prefixes to Britain about 72% of the Modern English words are of Romance origin p5 - Summary
The Latin language of Ancient Rome had changed language as we know it today.
From french to portuguese to english, we owe much of how we speak to that first settlement along the tiber river.
It is important to step back and look at how ancient times affected the modern ones.
“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)” ― Marcus Tullius