Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...

HABEMUS papam, folks! Yes, in layman’s terms, we have a new pope. And with the pontification of Pope Leo XIV comes the reminder that Latin is a very useful language indeed. After all, not only ...

While Latin was still taught in many academic institutions at the time, it wasn’t a language that would have been used in everyday conversation on the frontier.

Latin is a classical language and also the Indo-European Language. Earlier, it was spoken in the Tiber areas of Rome, but once the Roman Republic came into power, the ...