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The main languages in Rome was Latin, it was picked up by different peoples and developed into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian. These languages are called Romance languages because of their common Roman heritage. Latin languages was also influenced other languages. For example, more then half the words in English have a basis in Latin. The language of Romans, stayed the language of learning in the West long after the fall of rome. It was the official language of the Roman Catholic Church in the 20th century.