8 Facts About Vulgar Latin

1. Vulgar Latin has almost the same inflection structure as Ancient Greek.

2. Vulgar Latin began to lose its importance in the Reformation, but it was still often used by authors of scientific books and encyclopedias.

3. Vulgar Latin was the most important language in most of Europe in the Middle Ages.

4. Vulgar Latin was the more common spoken variety used by the Romans.

5. Vulgar Latin is used by zoologists and botanists to name and describe every new species.

6. Vulgar Latin is an old language that was spoken by the Romans and others.

7. Vulgar Latin is a blanket term covering vernacular dialects of the Latin language spoken from earliest times in Italy until the latest dialects of the Western Roman Empire, diverging still further, evolved into the early Romance languages—whose writings began to appear about the 9th century.

8. Vulgar Latin is a member of the broad family of Italic languages.