Latina lingua fundamentum est multarum linguarum viventium gregis Romanici (id est, Romani). Hae linguae a plus quam billione hominum toto orbe terrarum loquuntur. Latina lingua est lingua publica Ecclesiae Catholicae Romanae et in liturgia adhibetur. Latina lingua tradito modo in universitatibus, in facultatibus philologiae, historiae, medicinae, iuris, et aliarum, studetur. Latin is the basis of many living languages ​​of the Romance (i.e. Roman) group. These languages ​​are spoken by more than a billion people worldwide. Latin is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church and is used in the liturgy. Latin is traditionally studied at universities in the faculties of philology, history, medicine, law, and others.