ISO 639-3 · latlat
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language
Latin
Lingua latina
Latin is an extinct or historical language of the Latino-Faliscan branch (Indo-European), spoken in Vatican City. Wikidata counts about 3,500 speakers (2026). Wikidata describes it as “Indo-European language of the Italic branch”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lat- ISO 639-1
la- Glottocode
lati1261- Family
- Indo-European
- Centre point
- 41.40, 13.10
- Wikipedia
- 308 language editions
—first-language speakers
3,500second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Latin · Lingua latina |
|---|---|
| Also called | Latin language, Latina, Latinum |
| L2 speakers | 3,500 (2026) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Vatican City |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Second language only9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Latin
The branches above Latin, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken