How similar are Italian and Latin?
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 Published On Jul 27, 2023

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Latin was the language of Ancient Rome and Italian is the language spoken in Rome today. Let’s see how similar they are!

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Special thanks to Claudio for his Italian audio samples!

I voiced the Latin samples based on the restored classical pronunciation (A. Cser, A. Calabrese).

Photos from Unsplash: Holger Woizick, Briana Tozour, Fabio Fistarol, Maite Vanucci, Jonathan Körner, Spencer Davis, Andreas M.
Images from Wikimedia: Ave Caesar Morituri te Salutant (Jean-Léon Gérôme); Statua di Giulio Cesare (dankamminga); Tunisie Carthage (Patrick Giraud).

00:00 Introduction
00:07 History
00:55 Alphabets
04:05 Vocabulary
07:24 Grammar
10:35 Famous phrases
12:58 Questions

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