Encore: How Latin Became the Romance Languages
Tides of History
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The Differences Between Latin and Spanish
The latin of northern gaul and that of britain seems to have shared a lot of similarities. Even educated speakers of african origin, like augustine or the emperor septimius severus, didn't make that distinction. Social variation also played a role here. Writers occasionally commented on rustic or plebeian speech.
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