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History and Statistics

Modern concepts

If occasionally no term can be found for a modern concept, the procedure is such as in most other languages ​​also: a borrowing from another language, usually a Romanesque or from the English. Articles for particle and photon gluon and for the temperature unit Kelvin emerged. The term is Latinized.

Spelling

Vicipaedia has taken the contemporary orthographic habit to distinguish between U and V, but not i and i -consonant. This orthographic practice is not without passionate opponents, who point out that this only mimicking the Italian spelling reform in which lost the i / j- distinction, but the u / v distinction was maintained.

The articles are from users according to quality levels of Latinity ( gradus latinitatis ) highlighted in color, including "Linguistic quality is not yet determined " ( latinitas Nondum CENSA ), but also " Latin is in need of improvement " ( latinitas inspicienda ), " Doubtful linguistic quality " ( latinitas dubia ), " Very doubtful linguistic quality " ( latinitas maxime dubia ), " poor excuse for Latin " ( latinitas corrigenda ), " Extremely miserable Latin " ( latinitas maxime corrigenda ) to "Good Latin " ( latinitas bona ). According to the Latin specialists Robert Gurval from UCLA are the articles are well -rated "really very good".