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Spread of four words for 'camel' across the Old World (sopuli.xyz)
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderwort

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[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Apparently Italy still speaks Latin

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

At least one part of it does

[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Huh?

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

He’s referring to the Vatican. But in any case Latin makes more sense here since it’s the movement of the word over time.

[-] Zentron@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Isnt sardinian native "accent" much closer to latin than modern italian or am i missremembering smth ?

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