Zimbabwe
I really want to be able to help on these, but I am not sure of what the sections are...I tried to use Google Translate, but no help, not sure what language.
It looks like there are 2 sets of parents...in the help images there are none to help with these.
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I think I finally answered my own question...I have created a new picture in case anyone else needs it...please correct me if I am wrong.
also "fili us" is a boy and "fili a" is a girl (the a/us is written in)
I think the language is Latin...hope this helps someone
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There are Latin baptismal word lists in the FamilySearch Wiki.
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sorry, I am new here still...what is or where is the FS Wiki?
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One of several word lists: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/3/35/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List.pdf
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Yup, as you concluded, it's Latin (well, mostly: "Surname" is English), and as Áine says, there's a good word list for that in FS's Wiki.
The form looks like it was designed by someone who didn't expect much Latin knowledge from the people filling it out: other than the -a/-us endings, it doesn't require any knowledge of the grammar or vocabulary. (Well, OK, technically the names of the parents should be in the genitive case, but that requires translating "James Frederick" into "Jacobus Fridericus" and then turning it into "Jacobi Friderici". This obviously didn't happen, but it doesn't detract from the comprehensibility of the document.)
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In your top image, a me [the priest who did the baptism], patrinus and matrina [the godparents].
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