Why do latin americans not speak latin?

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ODC2112 · Accepted Answer

Latin America commonly refers to the part of America made up of states that were colonized by nations such as Spain, Portugal and France.
In which neo-Latin languages such as Spanish, Portuguese and French are spoken by cultural heritage. For this reason the belonging of the French-speaking territory of Canada to Latin America is the subject of discussions.

These languages are Neo-Latin languages or dialects of Vulgar Latin. That is, the set of variants of the Latin language spoken by the different populations of the Roman Empire. Its main difference from literary or Roman Latin is the greater influence of local linguistic substrates and the lack of a codification linked to writing.

The term "Latin America" was first used on September 26, 1856 by the Colombian writer José María Torres Caicedo in his poem "Las dos Américas". The term was promoted by the French Empire of Napoleon III during the French invasion of Mexico (1862-1867). This promotion was to include France among the countries that have influence in America, in order to exclude the British and their descendants.

The use of the adjective "Latino", derived from the term "Latin America", has continued to expand over time to include people of Hispanic or Spanish-speaking origin.

"Latin" originally indicated an inhabitant of Lazio, the Italian region where Rome rises, which in the past was called Latium. Later, it was extended to all people who spoke a language derived from vulgar Latin, that is, to those who spoke a Romance language, such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and others. This was made in contrapposition to the Greek, i. e. the other main language of ancient times.

All neo-latin languages differs a bit from latin:
Cases are missing (with the exception of the Romanian which retains some features);
Neutral is missing, so there are only two grammatical genders, unlike classical Latin (with the exception of Romanian, Asturian, Neapolitan and Sicilian, the Italian "superabundant plurals" and neutral pronouns in Catalan, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish );
Use of grammar articles, starting with Latin demonstratives;
Introduction of new tenses (perfect past tense) and verbal modes (conditional);
Replacement of the perfect tense with new forms composed of the verb "to be" or "to have" plus the past participle (with the exception of Galician, in which there is a verbal form derived from Latin).
Modern languages have vocabulary variations from Latin estimated by the italian-american linguist Mario A. Pei like this (higher deviation->higher difference):

Italian language: 12%
Spanish language: 20%
Romanian language: 23.5%
Catalan language: 24%
Occitan language (Provençal): 25%
Galician language: 30%
Portuguese language: 31%
French language: 44%

https://www.youtube.com/embed/C77anb2DJGk

Here there is a nice video made by an American guy Luke Ranieri that speak latin with restituta pronunciation, and compares with three different speakers, italian, Spanish and portuguese. However his latin was skope until 2 century AD and modern language derived from late vulgar latin that the more similar is ecclesiastical pronunciation.

nolabels · Accepted Answer

Below is a partial quote from Wikipedia's entry on,
"Hispanic and Latino (ethnic categories)".

"The term Latin America was first coined by South Americans in France in the mid-19th century and then by the French as Amérique latine, during the time of the French intervention in Mexico in the 1860s. It is a combination of the European prefix "latino-" and the New World, "America". It was used to symbolically sever Mexico's Spanish roots, while at the same time, reinforcing a notion of belonging between the two nations. The Latin race, as defined in this context, was composed of all people descending from nations who spoke romance tongues, descending from Latin. Hence, this definition would effectively include French, Italian, Corsican, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish peoples etc. as "latinos" along with the people descended from the Latin colonies."

natured · Accepted Answer

Latin America is defined as nations in the Americas and the Caribbean whose residents predominantly speak Spanish, Portuguese and French languages descended from Latin, together with Italian and Romanian.  These languages developed from Latin during the days of the Roman Empire.  Even us Europeans who speak them (like me Italian) are sometimes called 'Latin' people. Hence the term Latin America.

BlacklightShade · Accepted Answer

Why don’t Americans speak English and not American?

hahahmm · Answer

They DO... all of the Romance languages are the modern form of latin. "When did Latin die? To oversimplify the matter, Latin began to die out in the 6th century shortly after the fall of Rome in 476 A. D. The fall of Rome precipitated the fragmentation of the empire, which allowed distinct local Latin dialects to develop, dialects which eventually transformed into the modern Romance languages. In a sense, then, Latin never died — it simply changed. So Latin did not die when Rome fell. Rome’s fall merely began this process of change." https://ancientlanguage.com/when-did-latin-die/

See the family tree of Romance Languages at the end of this page: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages

ArztSchlachthof · Answer

"Latium" is a region in Italy where Rome is located. Since Mesoamerica, South America and the Caribbean were colonised mostly by people from Hispania or Gallia (Roman provinces - Roman Republic & Roman Empire (s) expanded far beyond the borders of Italy), who speak Romance languages (based on Latin), hence they come from Spain, Portugal or France, they adopted the term "Latin" to define themselves.

However, no one speaks full-time Latin. Sermons were served in Latin a long time ago, so maybe a couple of priests can still do it, but apart from that, it's a dead language. Latin is not only a term regarding language, it's used for origin, roots or culture as well.

N192K001 · Answer

The  citizens & clergy of Vatican City speak Latin  as their official-language. This is true even in their Catholic embassies (cathedrals) & consulates (churches) across the globe. Theirs the dialect of Ecclesiastical Latin. Historians  specializing in Rome's legacy (&  others in academia ) speak Classical Latin. Some of them are in Latin America ,  no doubt about that. For the rest of Central & South Americas, their Spanish & Portuguese are Latin-derivations  (previously ' styles of slang ').

yourbabygirl921 · Answer

Latin is an old language that people from rome use if you know rome is from italy LMAO

TurkishDİxon3419 · Answer

They speak a language derived from Latin. Spanish and Portuguese are also Latin.

pleasestopthis · Answer

We speak languages derived from Latin: Spanish and Portuguese.

karaspara · Answer

Because they speak either Spanish or Portugese nobody speaks Latin

kidvid80 · Answer

i was too thrown off by your first picture, that chick was a nightmare on inkmaster a reality tattoo show, im having ptsd flashbacks as we speak

Anonymous · Answer

Latin? Who speak latin nowadays? Do you mean Spanish?

JesseJayNeak · Answer

Spanish and Portuguese and Latin derived languages. There are even different pronunciations between the OGs from Europe and their Latin American version

electromagnetic · Answer

I think the options are Spanish or Portuguese. I don’t know if people speak Latin anymore. Maybe the priests that perform exorcists.

Dargil · Answer

Spanish and Portuguese are latin-derived languages. Italian as well.

Gwenhwyfar · Answer

Ask former Republican Vice President Dan Quayle

SilverRain92 · Answer

Because Latin language was the language of Roman Empire, but not the language of Spain and Portugal who colonised Latin America

rcljr · Answer

Latin America is a geographical area that was influenced heavily by religious hegemony, “ Latin America” is predominant Hispanic

dvc0006 · Answer

latin is a romance language like Spanish portugese french italian and romanian. romance languages evolved from latin, that is why latin america is called LATIN - America

SupremeWarlord · Answer

I don't know but holy shit DAT ass. Actually it's because it's a dead language duh, the languages spoken here are mostly Portuguese and Spanish, with strong Latin roots.

A_Bell · Answer

Also, why don't they speak American?

Massageman · Answer

- - - - - - well, whatever she is doing, #1 looks like her  bunda  is speaking  my  language!

Ad_Quid_Orator · Answer

Just think of Spanish, Portuguese and French as modern versions of Latin.

Anonymous · Answer

Who cares what they speak if they look like that when doing laundry?

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Looking back on my school days:  don't you remember how very boring it is to learn Latin?

Jersey2 · Answer

It’s kind works like Greenland and Iceland but only with language.

Anonymous · Answer

Latino people don't speak Latin. They speak (mostly) Spanish.

Grubhub · Answer

Damn that Bich got cake. Probably fake. Anyways those who don’t speak Spanish is probably from the states

MadBoy · Answer

Because it's a dead language.

888theGreat · Answer

they let their bodies do the talking and whatever she says I agree.

anylolone · Answer

Technically, we do speak vulgar latin.

Xoirwinkan · Answer

That's funny. Why don't Italians speak Latin?

purplepoppy · Answer

nescio

dumazzs · Answer

SMH ask them you

Maniwishiwashome · Answer

Why don’t speak old English

NathanDavis · Answer

because it doesn't match our energy

Stoner710 · Answer

Latin is a dead language

Yellovv · Answer

I don't know but they are hot for sure...

OddBeMe · Answer

No but centurions do.

Ryfyle · Answer

That Rump is Sus.

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