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Originally posted by Deuces.
What do people mean when they say Latin is a dead language?
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"Lingua mori non potest, sicut saxa vivere non possunt. Coneris interficere id, sed immortalem interficere non potes."
People call it a dead language because it isn't spoken (at least colloquially) anymore. That doesn't mean it's
dead, per se. People still learn the language -- it's
still remarkably useful when it comes to understanding language in general....and it's far from extinct.
