ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Latin is now considered a dead language, meaning it’s still used in specific contexts, but does not have any native speakers. (Sanskrit is another dead language.) In historical terms, Latin didn’t die so much as it changed–into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are the Romance languages? The Romance languages are a group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.

Detailed explanation-3: -An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers, especially if the language has no living descendants. In contrast, a dead language is one that is no longer the native language of any community, even if it is still in use, like Latin.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Slavic, Turkic, Indo-Iranian, and Semitic groups are also examples of language families which are not descended from Latin.