<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Latin </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Lingua latīna </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Latin inscription , in the Colosseum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pronunciation </Th> <Td> ( laˈtiːna ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Native to </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Latium </Li> <Li> Roman Kingdom / Republic / Empire </Li> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Early modern Europe </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ( lingua franca ) </Li> <Li> Vatican City </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ethnicity </Th> <Td> Latins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Era </Th> <Td> Vulgar Latin developed into Romance languages , 6th to 9th centuries ; the formal language continued as the scholarly lingua franca of Catholic countries and medieval Europe and as the liturgical language of the Catholic Church . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language family </Th> <Td> Indo - European <Ul> <Li> Italic <Ul> <Li> Latino - Faliscan <Ul> <Li> Latin </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Writing system </Th> <Td> Latin alphabet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Official status </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official language in </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Holy See </Li> <Li> Sovereign Military Order of Malta </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Regulated by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Antiquity : Roman schools of grammar / rhetoric </Li> <Li> Today : Pontifical Academy for Latin </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Language codes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 639 - 1 </Th> <Td> la </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 639 - 2 </Th> <Td> lat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 639 - 3 </Th> <Td> lat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Glottolog </Th> <Td> lati1261 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Linguasphere </Th> <Td> 51 - AAB - a </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Map indicating the greatest extent of the Roman Empire ( c. 117 AD ) and the area governed by Latin speakers ( dark red ) . Many languages other than Latin were spoken within the empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Range of the Romance languages , the modern descendants of Latin , in Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> This article contains IPA phonetic symbols . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks , boxes , or other symbols instead of Unicode characters . For an introductory guide on IPA symbols , see Help : IPA . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did latin die out as a language
Vulgar Latin developed into Romance languages , 6th to 9th centuries the formal language continued as the scholarly lingua franca of Catholic countries and medieval Europe and as the liturgical language of the Catholic Church