Probably depends heavily on how you rate things. Vocabulary, pronunciation, orthography, sentence structure, etc.
Also, is this just counting the major languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian), or minor languages like ladin, romansh, catalan, corsican, etc.
Also interesting because dacia was one of the last provinces conquered by rome and one of the first to be abandoned so they had the shortest timeline of Roman rule but kept the language the most.
I wouldn't say so. I think Italian is closer to Latin in general. (Source: I speak Romanian and Italian)
Romanian has some influence in the language from neighboring Slavic countries, and a few German and French words.
The one thing that is closer to original Latin are noun cases like copil (child) -> copii (children) -> copiii (the children) -> copiilor (of the children/the children's...). I'm not super familiar with Latin, but an Italian friend that studied it said this is one of the most complicated things (and there are 7 cases in Latin compared to 3 in Romanian).
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lime@feddit.nu · 30 pts · 121d
isn't romanian also the closest to latin of the modern european languages? or did i hallucinate that
also huge news for transylvania
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 121d
Probably depends heavily on how you rate things. Vocabulary, pronunciation, orthography, sentence structure, etc.
Also, is this just counting the major languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian), or minor languages like ladin, romansh, catalan, corsican, etc.
lime@feddit.nu · 13 pts · 121d
it may have been in the context of that meme that names finland as the true heir to the roman empire
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 120d
Counting minority languages, would (Logudorese) Sardinian be the closest to Latin?
Dave@lemmy.nz · 9 pts · 120d
Transylvania, with an alternative Latin prepositional prefix, means "on the other side of the woods"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania#Etymology
Frostbeard@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 120d
I am today years old understanding the Überwald joke in Terry Pratchetts Discworld
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 121d
I don't know about that but having hired and trained a few folks in Romania, they have a weird aptitude for other languages.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 121d
They are freaks in the best sense of the word.
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 121d
This is what I remember from my latin class too.
Also interesting because dacia was one of the last provinces conquered by rome and one of the first to be abandoned so they had the shortest timeline of Roman rule but kept the language the most.
sirdorius@programming.dev · 6 pts · 120d
I wouldn't say so. I think Italian is closer to Latin in general. (Source: I speak Romanian and Italian)
Romanian has some influence in the language from neighboring Slavic countries, and a few German and French words.
The one thing that is closer to original Latin are noun cases like copil (child) -> copii (children) -> copiii (the children) -> copiilor (of the children/the children's...). I'm not super familiar with Latin, but an Italian friend that studied it said this is one of the most complicated things (and there are 7 cases in Latin compared to 3 in Romanian).
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 120d
And what’s the deal with Turkmenistan - Bit on-the-nose, isn’t it?
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 120d
Anyone got pictures of these half men half turkey hybrids?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 120d
What? All I'm aware of is the Manbearpig - half man, half bear, half pig.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 120d
No, manbearpig is half bear half manpig.
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 120d
Surprisingly, Turkmen and Turkish men are completely different things
X@piefed.world · 10 pts · 121d
Might have something to do with it being a cave, but that’s just a shot in the dark really
doenietzomoeilijk@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 120d
Yeah, that's the problem with caves, they tend to be dark. It's the lack of sunlight, usually.