10. Latin
Latin is probably one of the best known extinct languages due to its influence on modern languages and its connection to French, Italian, and Spanish, and other languages. Since Rome fell, the number of Latin speakers declined, and so the language died. Latin didn’t actually die out completely, as it has evolved into French, Italian, Spanish and other languages we know today. Latin words are still used in law, and Latin is still very present in books and used in scholarly language. It will remain an official language of the Roman Catholic Church, but it is dead in the way that we cannot hear the language in the form we find in books. Latin is still a subject of study in Western educational institutions. Let’s see what’s next on our list of examples of isolated or extinct languages.
