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The UK will spend $5.5 million on
Latin. The Latin Excellence Programme aims to "level up"
in 40 government-run
. Latin was spoken in Rome 2,000
ago. It is taught in 49% of the UK's "
" schools but only 2.7% of
schools. The UK said: "Latin has a
as an elitist
...for the privileged few, but the subject can bring so many
." It said Latin could help with learning
languages.