Dead Language- Matthew Winkler

On October 25, 2010 I was much interested in the presentation about dad language. I knew Latin was the origin of some of the languages in Europe but did not understand why it had become a dead language. It was interesting to learn that different tribes had made Latin their own by saying some words a first slightly different and then eventually not recognizing them at all. It seemed that the church only kept it around because it was the origin language. I do wonder why the church did not pick Italian or another language and try to impose it on the people much like they did Christianity. I was fascinated to also learn that there were hundreds as Ong writes languages consisting of Latin origin, Germanic tribes, and non-Indo-European. Latin had become a writing only language and the romance languages were both spoken and written. SO really I just wanted to point out that it was interesting to learn about how Latin became a writing only language.