

However, all varieties of "late" Latin, including "vulgar" Latin (which also means the language of the people), were spoken forms only until such time as they were written down - in documents such as the Vulgate. It's true that the average person probably couldn't have written "classical" Latin. a language an ordinary person could understand. The point about the Vulgate was that it was written in the language of the people, ie. The term "Late" Latin can also cover a multitude of sins.

I'd say your statement was highly debatable, just as the statement that vulgar Latin "was used to write the Vulgate" is over-simplistic. 1st century A.D.), but it has very little to do with Vulgar Latin (except, perhaps for the name). Vulgate was written in late Latin (as opposed to classical of the 1st century B.C.

50 Comparing Classical and vulgar Latin.44 Vulgar Latin vocabulary - sample table.29 Verbs section: suggestions for improvement.19 perfect tense formed with auxiliary verbs.3.1 Spelling and capitalisation conventions.
