| Latin was the language of the Roman Empire. All of | | | | to Latin). Today, Ecclesiastical Latin is the official |
| the Romance languages, including French, Spanish, | | | | language of the Roman Catholic Church and the |
| Portuguese, and Italian, are directly descended from | | | | Vatican. With so much influence on our own language |
| this native tongue. Our own English language is heavily | | | | coming from Latin, it is surprising that students are |
| influenced by roots from the Latin Language (as | | | | not encouraged to study it in high school and college. |
| many as 80 percent of our language can be traced | | | | |