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Latin

Lingua Latina

Indo-European (Italic) · Latin alphabet · Updated July 2026

The language of Rome and the Western Empire, spanning Old Latin through Classical, Vulgar, and Late Latin. Originally one of several Italic languages, Latin came to dominate the entire Western Mediterranean and survived as the language of scholarship and the Church for centuries after the political fall of Rome.

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Rajagopal, Shriram. "Latin." Onomastikon: A Digital Atlas of Ancient Names. Last modified July 24, 2026. https://onomastikon.org/languages/latin. 

@misc{onomastikon-latin,
  author = {Rajagopal, Shriram},
  title = {Latin},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://onomastikon.org/languages/latin}},
  note = {Onomastikon: A Digital Atlas of Ancient Names}
}

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