Is latin a dead language
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It is pretty much dead, I agree. But: "...you only see it in music" And Catholic mass, science, U.S. Currency, logic and literary discussions. Not to mention as most root words in the Romance Languages and several loan words in English. But its only the words themselves, the actual speakers are few and far between outside of the Vatican. Side: yes
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No, it's not dead at all. So many fields of study still rely on Latin for terminology, ie.. medicine, science, law, etc.. While it may no longer be spoken outside of classrooms and religious ceremonies it is by no means dead. Dead implies non-influence, and Latin still has an extremely strong influence on both society and language as a whole. Side: No
Latin comprises around 60% of the English language, and a huge chunk of languages like spanish and italian but the phrase dead language means that it does not change anymore because no nation actually speaks it, example of change would be slang that eventually comes into common use, like aint. Side: yes
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