Vulgar Latin

See also: vulgärlatin and vulgærlatin

English

Proper noun

Vulgar Latin

  1. (linguistics, historical) The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature. Developed into Proto-Romance and descendant languages in the Early Middle Ages.

Coordinate terms

varieties of Latinedit

Translations

See also

varieties of Latinedit
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Vulgar Latin
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