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Why Did Latin Die Out?
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Why Did Latin Die Out?

The short answer is that it didn't.

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We have two questions this week that relate rather nicely.

First Harisch Sood asks: “Why did Latin die out as a widely spoken language?”

And the answer is that it didn’t — it slowly developed into a new language in the many places it spread to.

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