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'''Caphiric Latin''' (Caphiric Latin: '''''latīna caphirium''''') is a [[Latinic people|Latinic]] language spoken by | '''Caphiric Latin''' (Caphiric Latin: '''''latīna caphirium''''') is a [[Latinic people|Latinic]] language spoken by [[Caphiric people]]. Caphiric Latin is a direct branch of [[classical Latin]] and is primarily mutually intelligible as it shares the base vocabulary, forms, and syntax, while at the same time incorporating informal elements which had always been with the language and infusing it with an updated vocabulary for modernity's sake. | ||
Latin has always been the official language of Caphiria and through the power of the Caphirian Republic and Principate became the dominant language across [[Sarpedon]]. [[Vulgar Latin]], a less standard and literary version of the language developed into what is now the Romance languages. Caphiria on the other hand, continued to use the Latin language and adapted it throughout time and ultimately created what is known as Caphiric Latin. | Latin has always been the official language of Caphiria and through the power of the Caphirian Republic and Principate became the dominant language across [[Sarpedon]]. [[Vulgar Latin]], a less standard and literary version of the language developed into what is now the Romance languages. Caphiria on the other hand, continued to use the Latin language and adapted it throughout time and ultimately created what is known as Caphiric Latin. | ||
While official statistics are unclear, Caphiria boasts that Caphiric Latin has approximately | While official statistics are unclear, Caphiria boasts that Caphiric Latin has approximately xx million native speakers. | ||
=Geographic distribution= | =Geographic distribution= | ||
==Official status== | ==Official status== |