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British Latin or British Vulgar Latin was the Vulgar Latin spoken in Great Britain in the Roman and sub-Roman periods. While Britain formed part of the Roman Empire, Latin became the principal language of the elite and in the urban areas of the more romanised south and east of the island.
Dec 28, 2023 · This chapter considers the survival of Latin as a spoken language in Britain during the two centuries following the breakdown of Roman rule. Such material as survives to illustrate this obscure period is described and evaluated in two principal sections.
Nov 22, 2017 · The short answer is, of course, that Latin didn't completely disappear from Britain at the end of the Romano-British period. However, the use of Latin did decline much more in Britain than it did in other provinces of the Western Roman empire. Britain is actually the big exception in the western empire.
Jul 27, 2011 · Contact between Latin and British, the Brittonic Celtic language, in Roman and post-Roman Britain has received considerable attention in the last few years as part of a more general discussion of linguistic contact phenomena in early Britain.
- Paul Russell
- 2011
Jul 18, 2024 · The implication is that Bath, even if it was a town (and not a typical one at that) which happens to be uniquely well documented, was a microcosm of the speech-habits of Roman Britain. It also follows that the Latin spoken at Bath, like that in Britain as a whole, shared common features with the Vulgar Latin of the other western provinces.
Jun 12, 2019 · Was Latin the more or less universal language of the Lowland Zone in Roman and, for a time, in post-Roman Britain? Is there a case to be made, as Jackson thought, for bilingualism, at least outside the cities of Southern England?
Britain seems to have been an entirely monolingual Celtic-speaking island before the arrival of Latin on these shores. But when exactly did Latin arrive?
