![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, in officially bilingual Canada the motto on the Canadian Victoria Cross is Pro Valore. The official motto of the multilingual European Union, adopted as recently as 2000, is the Latin In varietate concordia. ![]() Georgius and Edwardus for George and Edward respectively. Monarchs before Elizabeth II used a Latin form of their names on currency, e.g. By the Grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith). F♽ ( Dei Gratia Rex Fidei Defensor, i.e.Similarly, current pound sterling coins are minted with the Latin inscription CHARLES III♽ Old mottos like E pluribus unum, found in 1776 on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782, are still in use. The official use of Latin in previous eras has survived at a symbolic level in many mottos that are still being used and even coined in Latin to this day. Some minor communities also use Latin in their speech. Latin is still present in words or phrases used in many languages around the world, as a relic of the great importance of Neo-Latin, which was the formerly dominant international lingua franca down to the 19th century in a great number of fields. Various kinds of contemporary Latin can be distinguished, including the use of Neo-Latin words in taxonomy and in science generally, and the fuller ecclesiastical use in the Catholic Church – but Living or Spoken Latin (the use of Latin as a language in its own right as a full-fledged means of expression) is the primary subject of this article. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.Ĭontemporary Latin is the form of the Literary Latin used since the end of the 19th century. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. ![]()
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