Latin is an Italic language, originally spoken in ancient Rome and its empire.
Latin may also refer to:
People Latins, peoples related to ancient Rome or its legacy across various historical periods Latins (Italic tribe), an ancient Italic tribe that inhabited central Italy from about 1000 to 300 BC Latins (Middle Ages), common name for followers of Western Christianity during the Middle Ages Latin Americans, the citizens of the Latin American countries and dependencies Latin Europeans, citizens of Latin Europe countries and dependencies Latino, a usually American term for Latin Americans in the United States
People with the surname Denis Latin (born 1966), a Croatian television host Ivo Latin (1929–2002), speaker of the Parliament of Croatia and Mayor of Zagreb Jerry Latin (1953–2025), American football player
Language Latin languages or Romance languages, modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin Latin alphabet, writing system used by the ancient Romans Latin script, writing system used for most contemporary European languages Old Latin, Latin language before 75 BC Classical Latin, literary Latin language of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire Late Latin, written Latin of late antiquity Vulgar Latin, non-standard Latin language variety spoken by the people of Ancient Rome Medieval Latin, Latin language of the Medieval era Renaissance Latin, Latin language of the Renaissance era Neo-Latin, revival of the Latin language between c. 1375 and c. 1900 Contemporary Latin, the form of the Latin language used since the end of the 19th century Ecclesiastical Latin, the form of the Latin language used by the Catholic Church as a liturgical language
Music Latin music, a popular music genre associated with and having roots in Ibero-America Latin (George Dalaras album), 1987 Latin (Holy Fuck album), an album by the band Holy Fuck "Latin", the fourth movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album
Other uses Latin, Croatia, a village in Plaški, Croatia LATIN, a Latin American newspaper association Latin Church, the portion of the Catholic Church employing the Latin liturgical rites
See also Latin Quarter (disambiguation) Latina (disambiguation) Latino (disambiguation) Latinization (disambiguation) Ladin (disambiguation) Lattin (disambiguation) Latin America, a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere Latinus, a figure in Greek and Roman mythology associated with Odysseus and Aeneas Lateen or latin-rig, a type of sail rigging