Mark J. Reed wrote:
>RB> Quite - and the only natlangs actually
>RB> descended from
>RB> Classical Latin are ecclesiatical Latin,
>RB> medieval Latin and
>RB> the modern Latin of the Vatican - _all_ L2s.
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>I thought ecclesiastical Latin was descended from the Latin of the
>Vulgate, which was (later) Vulgar Latin, not Classical?
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Methought 'twas Medieval/late Classical Latin...
I don't think Vulgar Latin was ever really a written language - the only
information we have of it is from current Romance languages, and
spelling mistakes made in Classical Latin by authors.