Some people proclaim that Latin is a dead language, prompting a joke that has been printed on images:

“If Latin is a dead language, does that mean zombies speak Latin?”

“If Latin is a dead language, does that mean it’s zombies’ common dialect?” was posted on Twitter on November 13, 2009.  “Since Latin is a dead language, I expect it would be pretty useful in a zombie apocalypse” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on September 20, 2017.


Twitter
amanda tyrie‏
@random_phrase
Latin isn’t a dead language, its a zombie language
1:08 PM - 7 Jun 2009

Twitter
S‏
@steviedunn
If Latin is a dead language, does that mean it’s zombies’ common dialect? “Ego amo braaaaiiiinnnnsss” #fb
1:24 PM - 13 Nov 2009

Twitter
Steve Barr‏
@BarrSteve
1) Latin is a dead language. 2) People still speak Latin. 3) Those people must be zombies. QED
12:52 AM - 14 Aug 2010

Twitter
walker laury‏
@Vanella_Gorilla
if latin is a dead language, then do zombies speak latin??
8:45 PM - 11 Oct 2011

Transparent Language
Is There Any Advantage to Learning Latin?
Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jul 24, 2013 in Latin Language
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IF LATIN IS A DEAD LANGUAGE
DOES THAT MEAN ZOMBIES SPEAK LATIN
A generated meme created at Philosoraptor

Twitter
Brian O‏
@2046808
What’s a zombie’s favorite language?
Latin. It’s a dead language, that’s why.
4:47 AM - 2 Nov 2014

Quora
What fallacy is “If Latin is a dead language, does that mean zombies speak Latin?” ?
John Nurse, Student of language and languages.
Answered Mar 19, 2016
The illogic of the original question is:

. Latin is a dead language
. All native speakers are dead
. Zombies are dead (well, sort of)
. So zombies speak Latin

Reddit—Oneliners
Since Latin is a dead language, I expect it would be pretty useful in a zombie apocalypse. (self.oneliners)
submitted September 20, 2017 by starbridge

Twitter
Funny One Line Jokes‏
@lol1liners
Since Latin is a dead language, I expect it would be pretty useful in a zombie apocalypse.
4:19 PM - 20 Sep 2017