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The Role of Latin The Romanian language, as Portuguese, is a Romanic language, in other words a language derived from Latin, thus some similarities between the Portuguese and the Romanian languages . Latin, on the other hand, originated from the Indo-European language, which was spoken by an ancient people (the Aryans), whose tribes spread to Europe and Asia. The Indo-European language changed into a variety of dialects that led to the origin of some spoken languages in Europe and part of Asia, as for example the Germanic, the Slav, the Greek or the Latin languages, among others. Latin, today a dead language, was a language spoken by the Romans, who invaded Italy (establishing the city of Rome in 753 BC) and established the Roman Empire. To give a cultural and political stability to the Empire, the Romans passed on their civilisation and with it its language (Latin) to all of the Empire’s inhabitants. Despite the imposition of the Roman language, a common language was not originated, due to variety of races and languages of the conquered people as well as the time that the Roman conquest took place, which lasted some centuries. Thus, while some people were Latinized in the 3rd century, others only were in the 1st century AC, that is why the Latin language of the last ones is different from the first ones. In the region that today is know as Romania lived the Dacians. After years of battle, the Roman emperor Trajan conquered in 106 AC the Dacians. The Romans were able to romanize the Dacians through the use of Roman soldiers of Dacian origin in its army, who learned the customs and language of the Romans. These soldiers were married to Dacian women and after the soldiers ended their service in the army, Roman citizenship was granted to them and their families. Another way to romanize was through the role of the missionaries that brought the Christian religion and the Latin language (Mass was in Latin). The Romans left two centuries later and although Romania was invaded by other people, some of these ended up learning Latin. However, one can not forget that Latin was mainly spoken and not written, so Latin would be spoken differently according to the origin of the races. In the 5th century, the Roman Empire is declining and in its more distant regions the linguistic differences gradually grow. In a short time, the Empire’s inhabitants will not be able to understand each other and consequently different languages will start appearing, although related. Such are the cases of the Romanic languages as Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and Romanian, which resulted from the slow transformation of Latin, already different because introduced in different periods of time. Comparing some words in Latin, Portuguese and Romanian, and without analysing the processes of language evolution, it is possible to notice some similarities at a vocabulary level. Latin Portuguese Romanian Libertatem Liberdade Libertate Ille Ele Ele Habere Haver A avea Contra Contra Contra Novus Novo Nou It is due to the Roman Empire and its language (Latin) that there is a connection between Portugal and Romania: two countries distant geographically but related linguistically. Nevertheless, the Romanian language has other linguistic influences besides Latin: words of Dacian, English, French or Slav origin, among others. It is a never ending linguistic evolution – the language today is still developing. Fábio Fagundes M1 Natacha Silveira J1