English

Proper noun

Vulgar Latin

1. The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature until about 4c.

Coordinate terms

• (varieties of Latin) Latin; Classical Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin, Low Latin, Medieval Latin, New Latin, Old Latin, Recent Latin, Renaissance Latin, Romance languages, Vulgar Latin

Related terms

• Vulgate

Translations

See also

• Low Latin, Medieval Latin, New Latin
• Ethnologue entry for Vulgar Latin, lat