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'''Latin''' is an ancient [[Indo-European language]] that was originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding [[Rome]]. It gained wide currency, especially in [[Europe]], as the official language of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, and, after Rome's conversion to Christianity, of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Principally through the influence of the Church, it became the language of later medieval European scholars and philosophers. Because Latin is a highly inflectional and [[synthetic]] language, word order is to some extent variable, compared with mostly [[analytic]] languages such as English, which has lost the ancient noun-case system inherited from [[Proto-Indo-European]] except in pronouns, although in prose the Romans tended to favor a SOV word order. [[Syntax]] is revealed through a systemic structure of affixes attached to word stems. The Latin alphabet, derived from the [[Etruscan]] and [[Greek]] [[alphabets]] (''each of which is derived from the earlier [[Phoenician]] alphabet'' see: [http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper74.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper74.html&line=45#mfs], [http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper66.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper66.html&line=110#mfs], [http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper76.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper76.html&line=70#mfs],  and [http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper44.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper44.html&line=123#mfs]

 

'''Latin''' is an ancient [[Indo-European language]] that was originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding [[Rome]]. It gained wide currency, especially in [[Europe]], as the official language of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, and, after Rome's conversion to Christianity, of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Principally through the influence of the Church, it became the language of later medieval European scholars and philosophers. Because Latin is a highly inflectional and [[synthetic]] language, word order is to some extent variable, compared with mostly [[analytic]] languages such as English, which has lost the ancient noun-case system inherited from [[Proto-Indo-European]] except in pronouns, although in prose the Romans tended to favor a SOV word order. [[Syntax]] is revealed through a systemic structure of affixes attached to word stems. The Latin alphabet, derived from the [[Etruscan]] and [[Greek]] [[alphabets]] (''each of which is derived from the earlier [[Phoenician]] alphabet''  

Although now generally considered a dead language, of few fluent speakers and no native ones, Latin is still used by the Catholic Church. It has greatly influenced many living languages, including English, and is a source of vocabulary for science, academia, and law. Vulgar Latin, a dialect of Latin, is the ancestor of the [[Romance]] languages ([[Italian]], [[French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portuguese]], [[Romanian]], [[Catalan]], [[Romansh]], and other regional languages or [[dialects]] from the same area), and many words adapted from Latin are found in other modern languages—including [[English]], half of whose vocabulary is derived, directly or indirectly, from Latin. Latin's influence attests to its legacy as the lingua franca of the Western world for over a thousand years.

Although now generally considered a dead language, of few fluent speakers and no native ones, Latin is still used by the Catholic Church. It has greatly influenced many living languages, including English, and is a source of vocabulary for science, academia, and law. Vulgar Latin, a dialect of Latin, is the ancestor of the [[Romance]] languages ([[Italian]], [[French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portuguese]], [[Romanian]], [[Catalan]], [[Romansh]], and other regional languages or [[dialects]] from the same area), and many words adapted from Latin are found in other modern languages—including [[English]], half of whose vocabulary is derived, directly or indirectly, from Latin. Latin's influence attests to its legacy as the lingua franca of the Western world for over a thousand years.

Latin is the official language of [[Vatican City]] and The Roman Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. It had been the primary [[liturgical]] language until just after the [[Second Vatican Council]] in the 1960s, when the various vernacular languages of its members were allowed in the liturgy. Classical Latin, the literary language of the [[late Republic]] and [[early Empire]], is still taught in many primary, grammar, and secondary schools throughout the world, often combined with [[Greek]] in the study of [[Classics]]; but its role has diminished since the early 20th century.

Latin is the official language of [[Vatican|Vatican City]] and The Roman Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. It had been the primary [[liturgical]] language until just after the [[Second Vatican Council]] in the 1960s, when the various vernacular languages of its members were allowed in the liturgy. Classical Latin, the literary language of the [[late Republic]] and [[early Empire]], is still taught in many primary, grammar, and secondary schools throughout the world, often combined with [[Greek]] in the study of [[Classics]]; but its role has diminished since the early 20th century.

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In language, an alphabet represents the mechanism of materialism, while the words expressive of the meaning of a thousand thoughts, grand ideas, and noble ideals--of love and hate, of cowardice and courage--represent the performances of mind within the scope defined by both material and spiritual law, directed by the assertion of the will of personality, and limited by the inherent situational endowment.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper195.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper195.html&line=198#mfs]

In [[language]], an alphabet represents the mechanism of materialism, while the words expressive of the meaning of a thousand thoughts, grand ideas, and noble ideals--of love and hate, of cowardice and courage--represent the performances of mind within the scope defined by both material and spiritual law, directed by the assertion of the will of personality, and limited by the inherent situational endowment.[https://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper195.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper195.html&line=198#mfs]

 

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