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A language so dead it conquered half the world's dictionaries from beyond the grave.
means The classical language of ancient Rome, now spoken by no one yet hiding inside most European vocabularies.
from Named for Latium, the region around Rome where the Latins lived; their tongue spread with the legions until the empire's roads became the language's bloodstream.
Romance kidsFrench, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese all descend from it.
Church tenureStill the Vatican's official language today.
Science loves itEvery species name borrows its grammar.
Never spokenClassical pronunciation is reconstructed, not remembered.