Expert: Maria - 5/29/2005

Question
i need help tranlating this phrase from english to latin:

"Music is the language of us all"

if you can help i would be very greatful

Answer
Hello,

Here's the translation of the phrase "Music is the language of us all" :

-”Nostrum omnium lingua est musica”

or, with a different word order:

-"Musica nostrum omnium est lingua"

Have a nice day.
Maria
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Please note that:

-Music = MUSICA (nominative case)
-is = EST
-the language = LINGUA (nominative case)
-of us = NOSTRUM (genitive case)
-all = OMNIUM (genitive case).

As for word order, I must point out that word order  can be variable in Latin and it is not necessary to adhere to a strictly defined order.
This happens  because  word order in Latin differs from languages like English, as Latin declension by cases gets everyone (i.e. a reader or listener) to  discern the case of a word.