Latin and The Romance Language Family Flashcards
1
Q
The Romance Language Family
A
:A branch of the indo-European language family
2
Q
What language did the Romans speak?
A
Latin
3
Q
Latin spread as the what language throughout the Roman Empire.
A
administrative and literary
4
Q
The common people spoke what of Latin that differed from the what.
A
vulgar dialects
official written form.
5
Q
what happen to the languages Without the Roman Empire standardizing language
A
,the vulgar dialects of Latin evolved separately.
6
Q
As they they evolved the roman dialect evolved Eventually becoming…
A
not mutually intelligible,
7
Q
Some languages became the what of their country
A
standard language
8
Q
Others became less widely spoken or…
A
even went extinct
