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Medieval Latin

Human language
Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Wikipedia
Early forms: Proto-Indo-European: Proto-Italic > Proto-Latino-Faliscan > Old Latin > Classical Latin > Late Latin
Era: Developed from Late Latin between 4th and 10th centuries; replaced by Renaissance Latin from the 14th century
Language family: Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Latin > Medieval Latin
Native to: Numerous small states
Official language in: De facto in most Catholic and/or Romance-speaking states during the Middle Ages
Region: Most of Europe
Writing system: Latin alphabet