Vernacular Languages: Vernacular Languages During The Renaissance
Vernacular Languages During The Renaissance
Pauline Charles
American Intercontinental University Online
ABSTRACT
Vernacular language is a tool we use to communicate both verbally and in writing. People can express their thoughts, feelings and emotions through knowledge, ideas and memory. Before there was vernacular language, people only knew how to communicate in Latin but now, there’s many languages in different countries. If a person could speak in more than one language, it’s considered a virtue. Each language expressed a different culture and defined an identity within itself.
Vernacular Languages during the Renaissance
One of the native languages spoken in Europe is Albanian. It is spoken by over 7 million people, primarily residing in Albania but also in other areas of the Balkans. There are Albanian speakers in other parts of the world such …show more content…
as Germany, Brazil, and in the United States of America. There’s written document in Albanian language that dates back to the 13th century. The first audio recording of the Albanian language was made in Vienna by Norbert Jokl in 1914.
As part of the Indo-European language, Albanian is considered to be evolved from an ancient Paleo-Balkan language.
The vocabulary is quite distinct because of the long lengthening vowels. The dialect of the Albanian language is Tosk which is written with the Greek alphabet. Tosk is the official language of Albania. It has also been written with a number of other alphabets, including Elbasan, Beitha, Kuju and Todhri. These alphabets were local inventions that surfaced around the time of the 18th and 19th century but were not widely used.
The vernacular language of Albanian is considered a native dialect and extinct as a spoken language. The spread of the vernacular language involved literature, historical records and expressions. People were easily converted to Christianity through vernacular language. In the 12th century vernacular language was used for means of religious affiliations and social class identification. The Latin language slowly died out and was replaced by the vernacular language. The vernacular created a national identity because of its great
impact.
Vernacular languages which were the common language of a particular area started being used more by writers. It was a part of poetry and was used by Troubadours and Trobairitz of that time so that it was accessible to a bigger group of people that wanted the access to romantic literature. The noble women were the main reason that vernacular language was being used because of their preference of the plays and poems being written in it. The different languages underwent continuous development throughout each period.
Latin influenced many languages and it was widely used in the legal and medical profession. Almost fifty percent of our words are of Latin origin and roots. Latin was mixed with various local languages in order to produce the following languages: Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese and a few others. These languages are considered romance languages and they’re spoken all throughout Western Europe. The Western European languages are the cornerstones of the UK translation industry being important for commerce, trade and law.
Our choice of languages and literatures that we discuss comes from our internal cultural practices. The differences of languages depended on the various social classes. However, we value the differences because of the broad discussions that we are afforded to have. This is the basis of our history and how we document them and pass them along to generations to come. People can express themselves in a manner to which they are accustomed to based on religion, love, art, literacy, and social status.
References
Board, E World Cultures (1 ed.)Words of Wisdom, LLC
Retrieved from http://en.wikepedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language
Retrieved from http://sternenfeeinflorida.wordpress.com
Pauline Charles
American Intercontinental University Online
ABSTRACT
Vernacular language is a tool we use to communicate both verbally and in writing. People can express their thoughts, feelings and emotions through knowledge, ideas and memory. Before there was vernacular language, people only knew how to communicate in Latin but now, there’s many languages in different countries. If a person could speak in more than one language, it’s considered a virtue. Each language expressed a different culture and defined an identity within itself.
Vernacular Languages during the Renaissance
One of the native languages spoken in Europe is Albanian. It is spoken by over 7 million people, primarily residing in Albania but also in other areas of the Balkans. There are Albanian speakers in other parts of the world such …show more content…
as Germany, Brazil, and in the United States of America. There’s written document in Albanian language that dates back to the 13th century. The first audio recording of the Albanian language was made in Vienna by Norbert Jokl in 1914.
As part of the Indo-European language, Albanian is considered to be evolved from an ancient Paleo-Balkan language.
The vocabulary is quite distinct because of the long lengthening vowels. The dialect of the Albanian language is Tosk which is written with the Greek alphabet. Tosk is the official language of Albania. It has also been written with a number of other alphabets, including Elbasan, Beitha, Kuju and Todhri. These alphabets were local inventions that surfaced around the time of the 18th and 19th century but were not widely used.
The vernacular language of Albanian is considered a native dialect and extinct as a spoken language. The spread of the vernacular language involved literature, historical records and expressions. People were easily converted to Christianity through vernacular language. In the 12th century vernacular language was used for means of religious affiliations and social class identification. The Latin language slowly died out and was replaced by the vernacular language. The vernacular created a national identity because of its great
impact.
Vernacular languages which were the common language of a particular area started being used more by writers. It was a part of poetry and was used by Troubadours and Trobairitz of that time so that it was accessible to a bigger group of people that wanted the access to romantic literature. The noble women were the main reason that vernacular language was being used because of their preference of the plays and poems being written in it. The different languages underwent continuous development throughout each period.
Latin influenced many languages and it was widely used in the legal and medical profession. Almost fifty percent of our words are of Latin origin and roots. Latin was mixed with various local languages in order to produce the following languages: Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese and a few others. These languages are considered romance languages and they’re spoken all throughout Western Europe. The Western European languages are the cornerstones of the UK translation industry being important for commerce, trade and law.
Our choice of languages and literatures that we discuss comes from our internal cultural practices. The differences of languages depended on the various social classes. However, we value the differences because of the broad discussions that we are afforded to have. This is the basis of our history and how we document them and pass them along to generations to come. People can express themselves in a manner to which they are accustomed to based on religion, love, art, literacy, and social status.
References
Board, E World Cultures (1 ed.)Words of Wisdom, LLC
Retrieved from http://en.wikepedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language
Retrieved from http://sternenfeeinflorida.wordpress.com