How similar are Italian and Latin?

#latin #italian #languagecomparison #linguistics Latin was the language of Ancient Rome and Italian is the language spoken in Rome today. Let’s see how similar they are! Support my channel on Patreon: Special thanks to Claudio for his Italian audio samples! I voiced the Latin samples based on the restored classical pronunciation (A. Cser, A. Calabrese). Photos from Unsplash: Holger Woizick, Briana Tozour, Fabio Fistarol, Maite Vanucci, Jonathan Körner, Spencer Davis, Andreas M. Images from Wikimedia: Ave Caesar Morituri te Salutant (Jean-Léon Gérôme); Statua di Giulio Cesare (dankamminga); Tunisie Carthage (Patrick Giraud). 00:00 Introduction 00:07 History 00:55 Alphabets 04:05 Vocabulary 07:24 Grammar 10:35 Famous phrases 12:58 Questions