OT Dead languages

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Hi,

Latin is a " dead " language because it never changes. It never grows,

and every word in Latin can mean ONLY one thing. Hence the term dead.

Meaning static or fixed. The word Farmer, for instance, In the

sentence, " The farmer is old " farmer is " Agricola " . In " The farmer's

daughter is pretty " farmer is " agricolae " . The dog belongs to the

farmer, has a different ending on the word, etc. So once you see the

word, being agricola, agricolae, agricolorum, agricoleis, etc, you know

exactly what that word means. Different endings for male and female,

subject, object of a preposition, possessive, etc. Singular and plural.

I suffered through 2 years of Latin in high school. The whole of Gaul

is divided into 3 parts -- Caesar's Gaullic Wars "

As for Latin not being spoken, it is. Catholic churches and their

members use Latin as a spoken language when they meet. Like to elect a

Pope. It is a universal language, understood by all members of the

clergy of the Catholic church.

And in the field of medicine, Latin terms are used all the time. BID,

TID, PO, etc. written on prescriptions are all Latin abbreviations.

Switzerland's official name is the Cantons of Helvatia, Latin word.

When you see a license plate from Switzerland, it will have CH as the

identifier.

ASL will face a gradual death because of the numbers of people using

it declining. Rather like Kurdish, or some of the American Indian

languages. But Latin, I fear, will be with us for a LONG time.

Unchanging.

I Survived Catholic Schools

so did Latin.... (sadly they insist on keeping that alive by wasting

students times in schools on this dead language) but even with the death

of Latin the world continued to move and change