Vorpal wrote:MarcusT wrote:Sorry Vorpel. It may be a generational thing, but now a days, most kids (last 20 yrs) don't go near Latin unless their parents force them to take it. A second language is mandatory in schools. English, German, French and Spanish are mainly studied and in that order. They already have a big enough work load in their studies, they don't need to add a dead language to increase their burden.
I wasn't trying to start a big debate or anything. I don't doubt that most younger Italians don't study Latin, anymore. Just like in most other countries where it used to be common.
Cyril Haearn asked if one can use Latin. The main point of my answer wasyou can find people who know Latin, but I think you're more likely to find people who speak English
Maybe I should have left off the bit about people studying it in school. Or said that people used to. Or merely that I knew Italians who had studied it. I have to admit that I assumed that what my friends told me about their school experience was still correct, which I probably shouldn't have done, but it really wasn't meant to eb the important part of my psot.
Not really a debate, just more of a conversation. Are you sure people were not talking about Ladino, the dialect used in the Trentino-Alto Adige region?