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Why is it that the Latin language is used in giving scientific names of living organism?

April 26, 2017giving Language Latin Living names organism scientific Used

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Why is it that the Latin language is used in giving scientific names of living organism?

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Latin is a universal language, used for scientific purposes. Taxonomists (people who classify and name animals) use latin because not everyone knows english, and that would be unfair to the rest of the world.