This is What Latin ACTUALLY Sounded Like

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Published 2022-03-15
Here’s what Classical Latin actually sounded like and how we know. Scholars have figured out the accurate pronunciation of Latin over the years through some careful and clever methods, and today, fluent Latin speakers like @polyMATHY_Luke can even speak how the ancient Romans actually spoke Latin!

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All Comments (21)
  • @heddamalm
    My Latin teacher told us the best quote ever: "Latin is as dead as dead can be. First it killed the Romans and now it's killing me."
  • @justm7524
    Me pretending to understand everything: 🙂🙂
  • I think the words you are looking for to describe the two different pronunciations are “Classical” and “Ecclesiastical “. Classical Latin is what the guy at the end is speaking, ecclesiastical is more commonly known as “Church Latin”. They are really only different in pronunciation and number of letters, but the distinction still divides the Latin-learning community.
  • @notshadowskai
    When your Latin teacher taught you all of this in high school with correct pronunciations-
  • Glad I got to hear what it sounded like for half a nano second.
  • @testudo2203
    I wonder if there will be a video someday : "White guy speaks perfect Latin. Romans shocked"
  • @b.k.5667
    As a German. We pronounce Caesar with a Z sound, not with a K sound. Kaiser is a word which stems from Caesars name meaning emperor
  • @jaymakak
    Rumor has it, this guy can stutter in 8 languages.
  • @JohnDoe-kv4ef
    "I'm gonna show you what classical latin sounded like" Speaks for a good 99% of the video in English and then shows someone else speaking latin for 1.43 seconds
  • @jochem420
    They actually spoke at 1.5x speed in ancient Rome
  • @HelloTardis
    I learned Latin with this exact type of pronunciation. I don’t see how this is a revelation.
  • @czyko
    This is actually how I was taught Latin when I was in school
  • This man could fit this story into 1 minute, so he sped it up. What a madman
  • "widely taught in highschool" guess he lives in an alternate reality...
  • @RogueNeighShun
    Is there a longer, more indepth video about this???? SO interesting! I need a full, normal speed video!
  • @stephanief5794
    this is literally how it’s taught in schools. we aren’t taught ecclesiastical latin lol
  • @ajensen8366
    This is exactly what I'm being taught in school for pronunciation
  • @mattlockufo
    He's giggling like a girl when the dude is actually speaking it