Some educators belive the ancient language is key to literacy. Let’s listen in at one of their summer camps.

A researcher has figured out why Latin still turned up in many documents in the 17th to 19th centuries, even though it had not been a spoken language for a long time. During that period, Latin ...

While it would later become the language of scholarly writing, Latin was probably only a spoken language in its first few centuries, Janson says.

Latin is a classical language and also the Indo-European Language. Earlier, it was spoken in the Tiber areas of Rome, but once the Roman Republic came into power, the ...

ROME — From Facebook to Pink Floyd and Google to Harry Potter, long-dead Latin is enjoying something of a modern renaissance. Some students in Rome speak the language all day, and one band has ...

The author argues that Latin triumphed over the other languages spoken in what is now Italy -- particularly Etruscan and Oscan -- because, “unlike them, Latin combined three properties: It was a ...

Researchers found that in teaching English learners -- students who aren't fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken -- the Latin roots of words ...

Many would argue Latin to be a dead language, its culture no longer existent or applicable to life today. But anyone who has dipped a toe into the classics scene at the University would strongly ...

Latin was spoken in ancient Rome around 753 BC, later waned and then was revived during the Renaissance. Until the 20th century, most college students studied Latin.