Just a question

From: Che
Message: 21763
Date: 2003-05-11

Which is, in your opinion, the closest language to Latin? I know there's more than one single answer depending on the focus, but may we say that Sardinian fits best with Latin both in grammar and lexicon?
 
I heard Sardinian is actually the closest one to "Classical" Latin, so may we guess there's another language closest to "Vulgar" Latin?
 
Is really Italian so "Latin"? I mean isn't it actually full of germanisms?
 
Well, I thank your answers in advance.