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Spread of four words for 'camel' across the Old World (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Apparently Italy still speaks Latin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least one part of it does

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He’s referring to the Vatican. But in any case Latin makes more sense here since it’s the movement of the word over time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Isnt sardinian native "accent" much closer to latin than modern italian or am i missremembering smth ?

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