Proto-Northern-Romance (MGR)

Proto-Northern-Romance *Roumānētte / *Jermānētte / Lingua Rūstica Germāniārum
Spoken in:	northwestern Europe
Conworld:	Mundus Germaniae Romanae
Total speakers:	unknown
Genealogical classification:	Indo-European Romance Italo-Northwestern-Romance Proto-Northern-Romance
Basic word order:	SVO
Morphological type:	inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
P Collier, BP Jonsson	2006+

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
		Bilabial		Dental		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m				n				ŋ
Plosive		p   b				t   d				k   g
Fricative		ɸ   β		θ   ð		s				x   ɣ		h
Approximant		w						j
Trill						r
Lateral						l

Vowels

Vowels
				Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High				iː								uː
Near-high						ɪ				ʊ
High-mid				e								oː
Low-mid						ɛ   ɛː						ɔ   ɔː
Low								a   aː

Morphology

Nouns

1st Declension

Group I - Mainly feminine, with some masculine exceptions. Derived from Latin 1st and 5th declensions.'

1st Declension – Group I
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– a	– as
	Accusative	– a	– as
	Genitive	– ā	– ār
	Dative	– ā	– īs

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• terra, terrae
• *dia, *diae (< diēs, diēī)

Notes:

The Latin paradigms Aenēas, Aenēae and Anchīses, Anchīsae have regularised their nominative singular forms by anaolgy, and thereby merged with the above.

Group II - Feminine. Derived from Latin 1st declension.

1st Declension – Group II
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– e	– as
	Accusative	– e	– as
	Genitive	– es	– ār
	Dative	– ā	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:

• crambē, crambes

2nd Declension

Group I - Masculine. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

2nd Declension – Group I
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	–	– ī
	Accusative	– e	– es
	Genitive	– es	– ōr
	Dative	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:'

• pater, patris

Group II - Masculine. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

2nd Declension – Group II
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– es	– ī
	Accusative	– e	– es
	Genitive	– es	– ōr
	Dative	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• amnis, amnis
• *amantis, amantis (< amans, amantis)
• *āeris, āeris (< āēr, āeris)
• *hērōis, hērōis (< hērōs, hērōis)
• *Periclis, Periclis (<Periclēs, Periclis)

Group III - Masculine, including originally feminine Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 2nd and 4th declensions.

2nd Declension – Group III
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– s	– ī
	Accusative	–	– s
	Genitive	– ī	– ōr
	Dative	–	– īs

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• modus, modī
• portus, *portī (< portus, portūs)
• *Dēlus, Dēlī (< Dēlos, Dēlī)
• Lūcius, Lūcī

Group IV - Masculine, including originally feminine Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 2nd declension

2nd Declension – Group IV
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	–	– ī
	Accusative	–	– s
	Genitive	– ī	– ōr
	Dative	–	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above

• puer, puerī
• liber, librī

3rd Declension

Group I - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

3rd Declension – Group I
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– e	– a
	Accusative	– e	– a
	Genitive	– es	– ōr
	Dative	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• rēte, rētis
• *nōme, nōminis(< nōmen, nōminis)

Group II - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

3rd Declension – Group II
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– es	– a
	Accusative	– e	– a
	Genitive	– es	– ōr
	Dative	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin)

• *animālis, *animālis (< animāl, animālīs)
• *poēmatis, poēmatis (< poēma, poēmatis)

Group III - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.'

3rd Declension – Group III
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– s	– a
	Accusative	–	– a
	Genitive	– es	– ōr
	Dative	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• *ossus, ossis (< os, ossis)

Group IV - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.'

3rd Declension – Group IV
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	–	– a
	Accusative	–	– a
	Genitive	– es	– ōr
	Dative	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:

• opus, operis

Group V - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 2nd and 4th declensions.

3rd Declension – Group V
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– s	– a
	Accusative	–	– a
	Genitive	– ī	– ōr
	Dative	–	– īs

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• *dōnus, dōnī (< dōnum, dōnī)
• *genūus, *genuī (< genū, genūs)

4th Declension

'Group I - Feminine, including originally masculine Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd and 5th declensions.

4th Declension – Group I
		Singular	Plural
	Nominative	– es	– es
	Accusative	– e	– es
	Genitive	– es	–
	Dative	– ī	– ius

The following Latin paradigms decline per the above (starred forms are presumed/attested in Vulgar Latin):

• *clādis, clādis (< clādēs, clādis)
• *urbis, urbis (< urbs, urbis)
• *laudis, laudis (< laus, laudis)
• *aetātis, aetātis (< aetās, aetātis)
• rēs, *reis (< rēs, reī)
• *mōris, mōris (< mōs, mōris)
• *ratiōnis, ratiōnis (< ratiō, ratiōnis)
• *Naiadis, Naiadis (< Naias, Naiadis)

Verbs

Indicative

1st Conjugation

Present Tense
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	–	– āms
	2nd person	– as	– ātes
	3rd Person	– at	– ant

Preterite (Simple Past)
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	– ai	– amms
	2nd person	– astī	– astes
	3rd Person	– at	– ārnt

The preterite evolved from Latin's perfect tense. In common with other Romance dialects, Proto-Northern Romance developed a new perfective aspect using the present tense of HABERE and the perfect past participle. Use of the original perfect tense became limited solely to the preterite.


2nd Conjugation - Derived from Latin 2nd and 4th conjugations

Present Tense
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	–	– īms
	2nd person	– es	– ītes
	3rd Person	– et	– int

Group I - Preterite in –be etc.

Preterite (Simple Past)
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	– be	– bīms
	2nd person	– bistī	– bistes
	3rd Person	– bet	– bīrnt

2i preterite derived from Latin 2nd conjugation.
The preterite evolved from Latin's perfect tense. In common with other Romance dialects, Proto-Northern Romance developed a new perfective aspect using the present tense of HABERE and the perfect past participle. Use of the original perfect tense became limited solely to the preterite.