Editing Latin (section)

=== Official status ===
Latin was or is the official language of several European states. It had official status in the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] from the 11th to mid-19th centuries, when [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] became the exclusive official language in 1844.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zemplényi |first=Lili |date=13 November 2023 |title=The Day of the Hungarian Language |url=https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/culture_society/the-day-of-the-hungarian-language/ |magazine=Hungarian Conservative |location=Budapest |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref> The best known Latin language poet of Hungarian origin was [[Janus Pannonius]].
* {{flag|Croatia}} – Latin was the official language of [[Croatian Parliament]] from the 13th to the 19th century (1847).<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=23 November 2021 |title=Croatian declared official language 174 years ago |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-declared-official-language-174-years-ago/ |work=Croatia Week |location= |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref> The oldest preserved records of the parliamentary sessions ({{lang|la|Congregatio Regni totius Sclavonie generalis}}){{snd}}held in Zagreb ({{lang|la|Zagabria}}), Croatia{{snd}}date from 19 April 1273. An extensive [[Croatian Latin literature]] exists. Latin was used on Croatian coins on even years until 1 January 2023, when Croatia adopted the Euro as its official currency.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hnb.hr/en/currency/coins |title=Coins |date=30 September 2016 |website=[[Croatian National Bank]] |access-date=15 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116041640/https://www.hnb.hr/en/currency/coins |archive-date=16 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[Kingdom of Poland]] Latin was officially recognised and widely used<ref>Who only knows Latin can go across the whole Poland from one side to the other one just like he was at his own home, just like he was born there. So great happiness! I wish a traveler in England could travel without knowing any other language than Latin!, Daniel Defoe, 1728</ref><ref>Anatol Lieven, The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence, Yale University Press, 1994, {{ISBN|0-300-06078-5}}, Google Print, p.48</ref><ref>Kevin O'Connor, Culture And Customs of the Baltic States, Greenwood, 2006, {{ISBN|0-313-33125-1}}, Google Print, p.115</ref><ref name="Friedrich">Karin Friedrich et al., ''The Other Prussia: Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569–1772'', Cambridge University Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-521-58335-7}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qsBco40rMPcC&dq=Latin+language+szlachta&pg=PA88 Google Print, p.88] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915150106/https://books.google.com/books?id=qsBco40rMPcC&pg=PA88&dq=Latin+language+szlachta&as_brr=3&ei=J44rR5_XFZXC7AK4xeGVBQ&sig=3ecP0DjPuCLnTaEdVI76Ck8xSE8 |date=15 September 2015 }}</ref> between the 10th and 18th centuries, commonly used in foreign relations and popular as a second language among some of the [[szlachta|nobility]].<ref name="Friedrich" />