New Latin

E37116

constructed language variety form of Latin lingua franca

New Latin is the form of Latin used from the Renaissance onward, especially in scholarly, scientific, and technical contexts across Europe.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Neo-Latin	5
New Latin canonical	2
Contemporary Latin	1
Modern Latin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T285359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Latin
Context triple: [Latin, hasStage, New Latin]

A. Latin American Spanish
Latin American Spanish is the group of Spanish dialects spoken across Latin America, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammatical features that differ from Peninsular varieties.
B. Popular Latin
Popular Latin is the non-standard, everyday form of Latin spoken by the common people of the Roman Empire, from which the Romance languages later developed.
C. Latin West
Latin West refers to the western part of medieval Christendom characterized by the use of Latin in liturgy, scholarship, and administration, encompassing Western Europe under the cultural and religious influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
D. Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin was the everyday, non-standard form of Latin spoken by common people in the Roman Empire, from which the Romance languages later evolved.
E. Caribbean Spanish
Caribbean Spanish is a major regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Caribbean countries and coastal areas, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, rhythm, and vocabulary.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Latin
Target entity description: New Latin is the form of Latin used from the Renaissance onward, especially in scholarly, scientific, and technical contexts across Europe.

A. Latin American Spanish
Latin American Spanish is the group of Spanish dialects spoken across Latin America, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammatical features that differ from Peninsular varieties.
B. Popular Latin
Popular Latin is the non-standard, everyday form of Latin spoken by the common people of the Roman Empire, from which the Romance languages later developed.
C. Latin West
Latin West refers to the western part of medieval Christendom characterized by the use of Latin in liturgy, scholarship, and administration, encompassing Western Europe under the cultural and religious influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
D. Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin was the everyday, non-standard form of Latin spoken by common people in the Roman Empire, from which the Romance languages later evolved.
E. Caribbean Spanish
Caribbean Spanish is a major regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Caribbean countries and coastal areas, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, rhythm, and vocabulary.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constructed language variety ⓘ form of Latin ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New Latin ⓘ surface form: Modern Latin New Latin ⓘ surface form: Neo-Latin
declinedWith	rise of national vernacular languages in scholarship ⓘ
derivedFrom	Classical Latin ⓘ Medieval Latin ⓘ
follows	Medieval Latin ⓘ
hasFeature	expanded vocabulary for new scientific concepts ⓘ neologisms formed from Latin and Greek roots ⓘ relatively fixed grammar based on Classical Latin ⓘ
influencedBy	vernacular European languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf	history of the Latin language ⓘ
peakUsagePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
primaryDomain	education ⓘ scholarship ⓘ science ⓘ technical writing ⓘ
standardizedIn	early modern period ⓘ
stillUsedFor	mottoes and inscriptions ⓘ scientific naming conventions ⓘ
subfamily	Italic languages ⓘ
usedAs	international scientific language ⓘ language of academic communication ⓘ
usedFor	anatomical terminology ⓘ astronomical terminology ⓘ binomial nomenclature in biology ⓘ chemical terminology ⓘ medical terminology ⓘ taxonomic names of animals ⓘ taxonomic names of microorganisms ⓘ taxonomic names of plants ⓘ
usedFrom	Renaissance ⓘ
usedIn	Europe ⓘ learned societies ⓘ legal scholarship ⓘ philosophical works ⓘ scientific publications ⓘ theological works ⓘ universities ⓘ
usedInCentury	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin → hasStage → New Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contemporary Latin

Renaissance Latin → influenced → New Latin ⓘ