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Latin has the advantage that, while unlike nonsense it actually means stuff, it's nobody's native language. If you use Portuguese or whatever because it sounds cool and exotic to you, it won't to a Portuguese guy. But Latin is like that to everyone. Artificial languages (including Tolkien's) have the same advantage, but raise more eyebrows.
If you intend to put together some Latin of your own, though, make sure to run it through someone who understands the language (unless you do), because to someone who does, there's nothing worse than a bunch of Latin words from a dictionary strung together. Same with Quenya or something, except hardly anybody will notice...
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