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Latin is dramatically efficient in expressing meaning because it has a grammar that is several times more complex than english. On the other hand, most of latin grammar can be thought as adding prefixes and suffixes to root words.


I think what makes Latin so succinct are the 48 forms of a verb. And the 5 forms a of a noun just in singular form.




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