what is the difference between latin language in south america and europe?

Malaysia
March 7, 2010 2:05pm CST
I have looking through myLot and i cannot find any topic that related to my question. Im having a big dream to travel around the world. Among them are Italy and Spain. I also would like to visit Rio,Bueos Aires and perhaps Venezuela.Maybe im look like a moron but i have to ask.Are those countries speaks and understand the same latin? i dont think so right? What are the differences between them? Before we learn the language we have to understand it first right? So please guide me on this.
5 responses
@freeboy90 (456)
• Italy
7 Mar 10
I'm Italian, so who better than me can explain it all, first of all Italian and Spanish languages both come from the old latin who was used in the ancient italy. Then it developed into italian for italians, spanish for spain and portuguese for portugal. If we focus on italian and spanish I can tell you that the two languages are pretty much alike, it's easy to understand they have a common root. I could let myself be understood by spanish people even though I don't speak spanish, for the simple fact that many word either are the same or sound very similar, but they are anyway two different languages. About south american latin languages : in brasil the will speak portuguese and in argentina spanish, and even though their languages where brought there from the colons they do have some differences from the european ones, but the differences are very small, let's say like american english and the british english.
• Malaysia
9 Mar 10
thanks for the brief description.I also do my research and but the best information should come from the latin-speking (i mean italian speaking) himself.From the feedback here i can learn the language wether from italian or spanish, or south american teacher and i still can communicate right? i understand there will be some differences by its meaning but i have to start from somewhere right?
• Italy
9 Mar 10
No, if you can speak italian you can't speak spanish or portuguese, it will be easier for you to learn another latin language and easier to understand it but both are different languages with different grammar and rules. Thank you for marking mine as the best :)
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 10
I went to a beginner's Spanish language class in England. The content was Spanish like is spoken in Spain. The teacher was from Venezuela. She managed to teach European Spanish even though she knows South American Spanish. I visited Spain and liked it there. I feel in love with Central America and found Guatemala a lovely country to visit. I hope to visit South America so I should learn more Spanish. It is a shame that all Spanish courses in my home country are for Spanish used in Spain. I have a language pack detailing to me World Spanish. It shows the Spanish spoken in Central America and in South America.
• Malaysia
9 Mar 10
hi maximax. im very jealous of you because you have travelling into half (or maybe more) of the continent! im also love to do that one day. thats why im going to retire before i reach 35..to achieve my dream to become a globe trekker.lol. but as for brazil i believe they adopted portugese language isnt?do they also understand if we communicate in spanish?
@BlueGoblin (1829)
• United States
8 Mar 10
I think fariz considers Italian and Spanish latin languages and wasn't saying they speak Latin.
• Malaysia
9 Mar 10
yeap.my true intention is to know exactly what should i learn before i begin my trip to those countries...but generally i want to know more about latin-speaking cultures not from my own research but through the people who use it in their daily life.Perhaps this is the beginning to my journey. ;)
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
8 Mar 10
I think you don't really know what Latin language is. It is the language that was spoken in the ancient Rome, centuries ago. Many european languages evolved from that language, ending up in the current european languages. In Spain the spoken language is Spanish, and in Italy is Italian. In Latinamerica, depending on the country they speak Latinamerican-Spanish (different from Spain's Spanish) or Portuguese. The difference is that those are all different languages
• Philippines
8 Mar 10
Most Latin Americas speak the language of the European country that colonizes their nation. Nearly two-thirds of the people in Latin America speak Spanish. It is the official language of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and most countries in Central and South America.