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Is Latin finally a dead language?

Started by Stephen Pierzchala · 11 months ago

Just read a story on the BBC site where the chief Latinist (new word to me) bemoans the death of Latin. [here]
Although I would be the first to admit that the teaching of Latin has little relevance in today’s world, I found my lack of Latin a serious hindrance when I ... Continue reading »

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  • The Latinum podcast offers a range of lessons in Latin for download to mp3 players - all taken from textbooks from the 1800's. Adler's lessons in Spoken Latin are popular, and this site gets 1000 file downloads per day.
    http://latinum.mypodcast.com

    Latin may be dying, but it will be a long, slow and lingering death. When it finally dies, I suspect Western Civilisation will die alongside it.

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