Latin – A dead Language?

Latin is mainly associated with the Roman Empire. Once being one of the most widely spoken languages in the World, Latin is now rarely spoken. With the decline of the British Grammar School and with it the teaching of Latin in schools, will the language die, to become something left in history? Although there are no countries where Latin is the main language, it is still used in one form or another by millions of people around the world every day.
Latin is thought to have been formed from the Greek alphabet, with influence from Celtic dialects and the native languages of northern Italy. It is thought to have been first brought to Italy in the 8th or 9th Century B.C. by migrants from the north. They settled in the area around the River Tiber, which is where the Ro View the rest of this article