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isn’t romanian also the closest to latin of the modern european languages? or did i hallucinate that
also huge news for transylvania
Probably depends heavily on how you rate things. Vocabulary, pronunciation, orthography, sentence structure, etc.
Also, is this just counting the major languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian), or minor languages like ladin, romansh, catalan, corsican, etc.
it may have been in the context of that meme that names finland as the true heir to the roman empire
Counting minority languages, would (Logudorese) Sardinian be the closest to Latin?
I wouldn’t say so. I think Italian is closer to Latin in general. (Source: I speak Romanian and Italian)
Romanian has some influence in the language from neighboring Slavic countries, and a few German and French words.
The one thing that is closer to original Latin are noun cases like copil (child) -> copii (children) -> copiii (the children) -> copiilor (of the children/the children’s…). I’m not super familiar with Latin, but an Italian friend that studied it said this is one of the most complicated things (and there are 7 cases in Latin compared to 3 in Romanian).
also huge news for transylvania
Transylvania, with an alternative Latin prepositional prefix, means “on the other side of the woods”
I am today years old understanding the Überwald joke in Terry Pratchetts Discworld
I don’t know about that but having hired and trained a few folks in Romania, they have a weird aptitude for other languages.
They are freaks in the best sense of the word.
This is what I remember from my latin class too.
Also interesting because dacia was one of the last provinces conquered by rome and one of the first to be abandoned so they had the shortest timeline of Roman rule but kept the language the most.
And what’s the deal with Turkmenistan - Bit on-the-nose, isn’t it?
Surprisingly, Turkmen and Turkish men are completely different things
Anyone got pictures of these half men half turkey hybrids?
What? All I’m aware of is the Manbearpig - half man, half bear, half pig.
No, manbearpig is half bear half manpig.
Might have something to do with it being a cave, but that’s just a shot in the dark really
Yeah, that’s the problem with caves, they tend to be dark. It’s the lack of sunlight, usually.
