Italic Language (Noun)
Meaning
A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Italic language family comprises several languages, including Latin, Faliscan, and Venetic.
- Scholars have long recognized Latin as a member of the Italic language group.
- Romance languages are the descendant of the Italic language Latin, spoken in Romania.
- The Italic language family branched off into distinct groups, one of which developed into Latin.
- The Italic language branch diverged from Proto-Indo-European in the early European period.