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===The four Latins of Isidore=== In the [[Late Latin]] period, when Classical Latin was behind them, Latin- and Greek-speaking grammarians were faced with multiple phases, or styles, within the language. [[Isidore of Seville]] ({{circa}} 560β636) reports a classification scheme that had come into existence in or before his time: "the four Latins" ("Moreover, some people have said that there are four Latin languages"; ''"Latinas autem linguas quattuor esse quidam dixerunt"'').<ref>''[https://sfponline.org/Uploads/2002/st%20isidore%20in%20english.pdf Etymologiae]'', Book IX.1.6.</ref> They were: * ''Prisca'', spoken before the founding of Rome, when [[Janus]] and [[Saturn (mythology)|Saturn]] ruled [[Latium]], to which period Isidore dated the ''[[Carmen Saliare]]'' * ''Latina'', dated from the time of king [[Latinus]], in which period he placed the laws of the [[Twelve Tables]] * ''Romana'', essentially equal to Classical Latin * ''Mixta'', "mixed" Classical Latin and [[Vulgar Latin]], known today as [[Late Latin]]. This scheme persisted with little change for some thousand years after Isidore.
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