Did the Vulgar Latin verb toccare exist?

1. Did Vulgar Latin exist?
2. How did Vulgar Latin differ from Classical Latin?
3. What modern language is the closest to Vulgar Latin?
4. Which Italian dialect is closest to Latin?

Did Vulgar Latin exist?

Languages: LT - AXX. Others: BLOCK - BOTS - VOTES. Vulgar Latin was the everyday form of Latin that was spoken by the common people (the vulgus) of the Roman Empire. It was the language of soldiers, merchants, farmers, workers, rather than the language of scribes, poets, historians and politicians.

How did Vulgar Latin differ from Classical Latin?

The answer usually given is that Vulgar Latin was the language of the people, while Classical Latin, coming down to us as a literary language, was closer to how the elite spoke.

What modern language is the closest to Vulgar Latin?

Italian is seen to be one of the closest Romance Languages to Vulgar Latin and resembles it closely in syntax compared to Classical Latin words. Is Latin closer to Italian or Spanish? - Italian is the closest national language to Latin, followed by Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese, and the most divergent being French.

Which Italian dialect is closest to Latin?

There is a language in Italy which is considered to be the closest to Latin phonologically and that is Logudorese Sardinian, spoken on the island of Sardinia.