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Latin

A language of Vatican State

ISO 639-3lat

Population  No estimate available.
Alternate names   Latina
Classification  Indo-European, Italic, Latino-Faliscan
Language use  National language. Used in Roman Catholic liturgy. Revival effort underway. The Vatican Latin Foundation established in 1976.
Language development  Radio programs. Dictionary. Bible: 400–1906.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Second language only.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

FIDDLER, Michael, author. 2009. "Morphophonemic gemination in Latin."  Available online

MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1974. Review of: Inflectional morphology: a theoretical study based on aspects of Latin verb conjugation, by P. H. Matthews.