Expertlatin
Is there a correct way to pronounce Latin?
There are two main ways to pronounce Latin. The first is the classical pronunciation, an approximation of what Latin would have sounded like in Ancient Rome. This post is a guide to Classical Latin pronunciation. The second way is the ecclesiastical pronunciation (or “Church Latin”).
How is Latin pronounced 2?
The letters ii were pronounced as two i's in succession, forming two syllables. In a word that ended with ii – that is, a word with either a possessive or a plural Latin ending – the first i would be pronounced as in “sit” and the second as in “machine.”
Does Latin have a soft C?
The Sounds of Consonants: The sounds of the Latin consonants are exactly like their English counterparts with the following exceptions: c is never soft, even after e and i; it always has the sound of k. English r. s never has the z sound it sometimes has in English.
