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Latinian refers to a division of the Italic languages, primarily encompassing ancient languages like Latin, Lanuvian, and Faliscan. It can also, on occasion, include the modern Romance languages. Latin, the ancestral language to the Romance languages, was historically the dominant language for scholarly and literary pursuits in Western Europe during the Middle Ages and beyond. Latin literature, produced mainly during the Roman Republic and Empire, was deeply influenced by Greek works and is characterized by a strong command of detail and vivid illustration, with humanitas (a blend of culture and kindness) as a noble ideal. While French has undergone significant grammatical changes, other Romance languages retain more synthetic characteristics from Latin.123456

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