| Latino-Faliscan | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Originally Lazio in Italy, at maximum extent as a living language, the borders of the Roman empire |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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| Subdivisions: |
Latin, then the Romance languages from Vulgar Latin and the many forms of mediaeval and modern Latin from Classical Latin
Faliscan (extinct)
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Approximate distribution of languages in Iron Age Italy during the sixth century BC
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The Latino-Faliscan languages are a group of languages that belong to the Italic language family of the Indo-European languages. They were spoken in Italy. Latin and Faliscan belong to this group.
Latin eventually absorbed the others, replacing Faliscan as the power of the Romans expanded. The only member of the group to survive extinction was Latin, which in turn, via Vulgar Latin, developed into the Romance languages.