is pig latin the same as latin?

okay, let me lay it out easy for you.....

they are very VERY different!

- Latin - an ancient European language that was used by the Romans, the spread of the empire brought the spread of the language with them - leaving us with French, Spanish, Portugese and Italian nowadays. It is a language that is different to english, in that the words are not all in order and there is no word for "the" or "a"

-Pig latin - a "fake/coded" language purely made up by kids to say things without certain people (ie. parents) understanding what they are saying. You take the first letter off the beginning of the word and just add that letter and "ay" at the end. For example, pig becomes igpay - when spoken this can be very hard to decipher.

I hope I helped

haha, no, roman latin is the ancient language spoken in the Roman empire, while pig latin is just when you take the first letter of a word and put it at the end of the word and then add ay to the end of that. with the exception of a few words that you don't change or in a case where you move the first two letters to the back of the word. like: my rotherbay is osay upidstay. my brother is so stupid.

pig Latin:

a joke dialect coined and used by children, especially one in which first consonants are moved to the end of the words and extra syllables added

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/...

a jargon that is made by systematic alteration of English (as ipskay the ointjay for skip the joint)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pig+lati...

A jargon systematically formed by the transposition of the initial consonant to the end of the word and the suffixation of an additional syllable, as igpay atinlay for pig Latin.

Pig Latin is a game of alterations played on the English language game. To form the Pig Latin form of an English word the initial consonant sound is transposed to the end of the word and an ay is affixed (Ex.: "banana" would yield anana-bay). The purpose of the alteration is to both obfuscate the encoding and to indicate for the intended recipient the encoding as 'Pig Latin'. The reference to Latin is a deliberate misnomer, as it is simply a form of jargon, used only for its English connotations as a 'strange and foreign-sounding language'. The origins of Pig Latin are unknown.

http://www.answers.com/pig%20latin

http://www.word-detective.com/032404.html#pig%20la...

no, not at all, pig latin is a made up language created by kids to talk around parents

Yes.

In fact, Pig Latin was like a vulgar Latin in the Roman Empire, much like Demotic Egyptian was to Hieroglyphics

Pig latin - ss iimple uo tnderstand

English - is simple to understand

i thought "pig latin" was a made out language where you omit the first letter of a word, say the middle & add "ay" with the first letter. like monday would be onday-may. or latin would be atin-lay, or computer would be omputer-cay.

uhh hell no it's not the same. and it probably would be a little difficult to learn. its an ancient language.

they are nothing alike. latin is just memorization and its a bit complicated, just study hard.

no not at all!!!!

Spanish is easier to learn than Latin.

Good Luck