The native language of the Romans was <answer>Latin</answer>. Although surviving <answer>Latin</answer> literature consists almost entirely of Classical <answer>Latin</answer>, an artificial and highly stylised and polished literary language from the 1st century BC, the actual spoken language was Vulgar <answer>Latin</answer>, which significantly differed from Classical <answer>Latin</answer> in grammar, vocabulary, and eventually pronunciation. Rome's expansion spread <answer>Latin</answer> throughout Europe, and over time Vulgar <answer>Latin</answer> evolved and dialectised in different locations, gradually shifting into a number of distinct Romance languages. Many of these languages, including French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish, flourished, the differences between them growing greater over time. Although English is Germanic rather than Roman in origin, English borrows heavily from <answer>Latin</answer> and <answer>Latin</answer>-derived words.[citation needed]
What was the primary language of the Romans?
Latin