The Interesting Latin Language Family

Latin languages ​​are Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Romanian. Spoken areas in the European continent are as follows;

The spread of Latin languages ​​originating from the Italian peninsula to the world took place in two different periods;

1- The Age of Roman Empire

2- The Age of Discovery 

-With the invasion and conquest movements of the Roman Empire between 150 BC and 300 AD, Latin, which went outside the Italian peninsula, had the opportunity to spread to the Iberian peninsula and today’s France.

– The multinational Roman Empire both affected other languages ​​and differentiated thanks to the languages ​​of the peoples in the lands it conquered.

– When the Romans conquered a region, they first established fortresses-cities in that region, made military shelters, and appointed Roman rulers to their heads. These Roman rulers were responsible for applying the Roman culture and system to the region. Therefore, they established academies in their cities in accordance with the Roman education system. The language of instruction in these academies was Latin. The local wealthy of the region would send their children to these Roman academies in order to gain prestige and promotion and ask them to grow up as a Roman. In this way, Roman culture and language were gradually dominating the region.

-With the Migration Period, the Visigoths of Germanic origin started to enter the Iberian peninsula. Under the influence of the Roman Empire, their languages ​​evolved from Germanic languages ​​to Latin languages ​​and became the ancestors of today’s Spanish and Portuguese.

– Similarly, the Germanic Gallic people in France changed their language thanks to the Roman culture and became the ancestors of today’s French.

– On the other hand, Italians underwent a change of language with the tribal migration in the 4th century and the seizure of the Southern islands by the Arabs in the eighth-tenth century. Their language, which was Latin, was increasingly similar to today’s Italian.

– Romanians, who are the most distant relatives of Latin languages ​​in Europe, are the descendants of the Roman soldiers who came to the region. Since the Slavs descended to the Balkans between the 4th and 8th centuries, their contact with other Latin peoples was cut off, and they formed a separate culture.

– Latin languages, which spread to the American continent with geographical discoveries, eliminated the local languages ​​in all South America and Mexico and formed a Hispanic culture by combining with the indigenous culture. Today, all the American countries except Brazil, the USA, and Canada speak Spanish.

– The official language of the Canadian province of Quebec is French as well as English. The city of Quebec is the city with the highest number of French after Paris. The French also ensured that the official and the academic language of many West African countries were French, thanks to the colonial movements they embarked on in the African continent in the 19th century. France has included French-speaking countries in the union under the name of Franconian countries.

– Portuguese is actively used in Angola and Brazil.- Portuguese is actively used in Angola and Brazil.

– In the Philippines, another country exploited by the Spaniards, the local language and Spanish combined, and Tagalog’s language was formed. There are many Spanish words in Tagalog.

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