Languages attested from the 7th century BC

Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, including English, having contributed many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin roots appear frequently in the

ancient Mediterranean language

ancient Egyptian script

extinct Italic language of central Italy

language of the Faliscan civilization

language of the Luwian subgroup of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family

period of the Latin language

pre-Greek language attested in a few alphabetic inscriptions of ancient Crete between the 7th and 3rd centuries BCE