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It is not. Latin is an Italic language. Both the Germanic and the Italic language groups come from a common ancestor called Indo European. Although they share a common ancestor, they developed into different languages because they were so far apart from each other.
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Is Scandinavian Latin based?
No. The language is Germanic.
Is Italian a root of latin?
Kind of, as english is a proto-germanic language, italian is a latin language.
Is English considered a Romance language?
No, it is classified by linguists as a Germanic language.
What language is the English language primarily traced from?
English has both Germanic and Latin roots. It has both Anglo-Saxon components (which provide the Germanic words) and French components (which provide the Latin words).
Is French a Germanic language?
No, it is a Romanic language derived from Latin. The appended language tree shows its roots.
How much influence does Latin have on English?
English is part of the Germanic language family, more precisely, of the West Germanic family, along with German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, and Yiddish. Latin is part of the Italic family. The Italic and the Germanic are branches of a larger family of languages commonly known as Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
Is English a germanic or latin based language?
English is a Germanic language (West Germanic, closely related to German and Dutch) that draws heavily on Romance languages for it's upper stratum vocabulary. It's primary vocabulary is 95% Germanic.
What Roman beliefs and practices did Europe and Germanic rulers adopt?
The Germanic rulers adopted Latin Language, Roman Laws and Christianity.
How did the English language come from latin?
It never did. English is a language that came from the germanic tribes,the angels,saxon and jutes
What country did the French language come from?
France. It's a combination of languages; mostly Latin, influenced by the Germanic language of the Gauls, by the Celtic of the people before the Gauls, and by the Germanic language of the Franks who replaced the Romans.
What are the four major Indo European language families?
Germanic Latin Greek Celtic
What are the four major Indo-European language families?
Germanic Latin Greek Celtic
