Talk:Languages of the Roman Empire

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Extensive list of languages
I think the reasons for this edition are inadequate. I respect the knowledge of the editor but his subjective impression about a possible plagiarism (that I explicitly deny because I wrote this section) is not a valid argument. I only used information available in wikipedia (specific articles of the languages contain the information about the time and location of each language), so my section is only a re-writing of the alredy available information, no new information was added, only compiled in a convenient way, --Davius (talk) 18:32, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Neutrality concern
I have a concern about the neutrality of this article. It attempts to promote the misconception that Latin was almost exclusively the dominant language of the Empire which is, at best misleading.

Please see Talk:Roman_Empire for details of the concern.

- MC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.131.2.3 (talk) 18:12, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Greek in Rome
I read somewhere that in the Late Empire, Rome itself was a Greek-speaking city surrounded by a Latin-speaking countryside. It was later that Latin recovered the city. Could you reference it and add it to the article?

Besides there was a Greek-speaking neighborhood in Rome (near Cosmedin)? --Error (talk) 11:50, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The article about Santa Maria in Cosmedin says:
 * Since it was located near many Byzantine structures,[according to whom?] in 7th century this church was called de Schola Graeca, and a close street is still called della Greca. Greek monks escaping iconoclastic persecutions decorated the church around 782,
 * so it may be irrelevant for the Empire era. --Error (talk) 11:55, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Arabic
I think Arabic, or dialects of it were spoken in the south of the Levant, as it was the place of Arabic people of Petra!

Roman Empire article > Languages section
Hello

I'm reviewing the latest scholarship, particularly the ones about Latin and Greek and which I also believe better aligns and strengthens with this article. If people want to join the discussion about the propose rewrite, refer here: Talk:Roman Empire

Biz (talk) 16:31, 21 July 2023 (UTC)