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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Latin</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Ancient Latin</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Liturgical Latin</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Medieval Latin</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Vulgar Latin</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Classical Latin</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>neo-Latin</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>la</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lat</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The Indo-European language in the Italic group that was originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, and later spread around the world with the increase of Roman political power The oldest existing example of Latin dates to the 7th century BCE. ]]></note></mads>