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Spread of four words for 'camel' across the Old World (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He’s referring to the Vatican. But in any case Latin makes more sense here since it’s the movement of the word over time.

[–] Zentron@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago

Isnt sardinian native "accent" much closer to latin than modern italian or am i missremembering smth ?