Dē rēctā Ecclēsiasticā prōnūntiātiōne - Correct Ecclesiastical Latin Pronunciation

Bottom line: the Ecclesiastical from of Latin is not divorced from properly observed syllable quantity — long and short vowels and long and short syllables are to be enunciated distinctly and rehearsed assiduously in all forms of spoken Latin.

While I most enjoy the true Classical Pronunciation of Latin, I am fond of the softer phonemes found in the traditional Italian Pronunciation of Latin (a.k.a. the Ecclesiastical Pronunciation of Latin), and as you can see from this video, I don't have too much trouble communicating with that pronunciation scheme (although I do lapse into the Classical Pronunciation once or twice in this recording!).

The differences between Ecclesiastical and Classical schemes are superficial: what all speakers of Latin must do, especially those who purport to adhere to the Classical/Restored pronunciation but also those who use the Ecclesiastical/Italian pronunciation, is maintain clear phonemic syllable length distinctions. Why? Because our Latin is a literary, erudite tongue, meant to allow us access to literature, to ideas, to philosophy, to orations, to poetry, and in the Roman era as well as the Renaissance, syllable length is precisely part of the meter and flawlessly observed. Any doctrine that ignores that most vital fact is an obstacle to acquiring Latin properly.

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