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Scenario: The Roman Empire, through whatever means strikes you as most plausible, lasts in a unified recognizable form up to the modern day. For the majority of that time, its territory should be fairly constant: the Mediterranean Basin, with various waxing and waning as the conditions on the ground dictate. In short: something analogous to Chinese imperial history, where, for the bulk of the history, there was a sizable heartland under imperial rule.

So, in this scenario, how might the languages of the Empire evolve? Would we still see diverging Romance languages establishing themselves in the various regions where Latin was the predominant language? If so, are they likely to be mutually intelligible? Where might the border between Greek and Latin be? Would Greek remain a unified language or might it fragment as well? What of the Aramaic and Coptic speaking regions?
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