and de facto Official language of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, Classical language in the western half of the Roman Empire, see Greek East and Latin West, and of the Western Roman Empire, High culture language of Western Europe for two thousand years, traditional sacred or liturgical language of the Christian Catholic Church/Roman Catholic church for almost two millennia) (origin in Latium Vetus, part of today's Lazio region, West Central Italy) (extinct as first language or mother tongue but always known, continuously learned, spoken and written along many generations) Old Latin (Early Latin / Archaic Latin) (Prisca Latina / Prisca Latinitas) (extinct) Classical Latin (LINGVA LATINA – Lingua Latina) (extinct) Latium Latin (intra Latium) (Latin that was spoken by the original speakers of Latin in Latium Vetus, Latium) Roman Latin Rural Roman Latin (Latin dialect of Ager Romanus, rural areas of Latium) Urban Roman Latin (Latin dialect of ancient Rome city, Roma Urbs, itself) Standard Latin (Lingua Latina Exemplar) Vulgar Latin / Colloquial Latin / Common Latin (Sermō vulgāris) Lanuvian (it was spoken in Lanuvium, today's Lanuvio, in Lazio, west central Italy) Praenestinian (it was spoken in Praeneste, today's Palestrina, in Lazio, west central Italy) Provincial Latin (extra Latium) (Latin that was spoken by Romanized peoples in the provinces of the Roman Empire) Northern Latin/Continental Latin Western Latin Italic-Latin (Latin that was spoken by the Italo-Romans, non-latin italic Romanized populations) Gallo-Hispanic Latin Gallic Latin (Latin that was spoken by the Gallo-Romans) Cisalpine Gallic (in most of today's Northern Italy) Transalpine/Gallic and Aquitanian Latin Britannic Latin / British Latin (Not British Romance) (Latin that was spoken by the Romano-Britons) Hibernian Latin Rhaetian Latin Hispanic Latin (Latin that was spoken by the Hispano-Romans) Eastern Latin Illyrian Latin (north of the Jireček Line) (Latin that was spoken by the Illyro-Romans) Pannonian Latin (Not Pannonian Romance) Dacian Latin (north of the Jireček Line) (Latin that was spoken by the Daco-Romans) Thracian Latin (south of the Jireček Line) (Latin that was spoken by the Thraco-Romans) (may have influenced Aromanian) Greco-Latin (Spoken by Roman Diaspora in Greece) Southern Latin (retention of archaic features in the periphery of the Latin speaking world) Insular Latin (Not Insular Romance) (Latin that was spoken by the insular populations of Corsica and Sardinia) Corsican Latin Sardinian Latin African Latin (Not African Romance) (West North Africa, in many regions of today's Maghreb) (Latin that was spoken by the Roman Africans