Round Robin Romlang

The Round Robin Romlang is a collaborative conlang founded by Kenner Gordon, inspired by the Round Robin Conlang. In the Round Robin Romlang, participants take turns adding sound changes to be applied to Latin.

More Specific Rules

Each participant takes turns adding a sound change, in the order of the Current Participants list below. No turns may be taken unless there are at least four current participants.

Participants

Current Participants

• Kenner Gordon
• Shair Ahmed
• Kelvin Jackson
• Peter Bleackley
• Calculator Ftvb

It is Kelvin Jackson's turn.

Possible Participants

These people have displayed interest, but ambiguously; they may or may not actually wish to join.

• Karen Badham
• Benct Philip Jonsson

Former Participants

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Sound Changes

Each of the "stages" below represents a full round, except the first, which is a group of sound changes from Classical Latin to approximate Vulgar Latin.

Stage 1

• a: > a
• e > ɛ
• e: > e
• i > e
• i: > i
• o > ɔ
• o: > o
• u > o
• u: > u
• y > i
• y: > i
• ai > ɛ
• oi > e
• n > Ø / _(f,v,s)
• h > Ø
• w > β
• b > β / V_(V,r)
• m > Ø / _#
• m > n / in certain monosyllabic words
• (e,i) > j / _V
• u > w / _V
• VV > V
• V > ˈV / ˈ(i,e)_
• V > ˈV / _C*ˈuV

Stage 2

• [fricative] > Ø / V_V
• n > r / V_V
• g > ɣ / V_(V, r)
• s(p,t,k) > (b,d,g)

Stage 3

• (k,g) > (ʧ,ʤ) / _(front vowel)
• s > h / #_V
• u > ʉ
• a > æ / _[+anterior]
• e > ɞ

Stage 4

• i > ʉ
• ɛ > æ
• [single stop] > [fricative] / (V, r, l)_V
• β > h / _(unstressed vowel)
• l > λ

Stage 5

• j > λ
• (kw, gw) > (p, b)
• o > u
• (ˈʉ,ˈɞ) > (ˈy,ˈœ)
• u > ɯ

Stage 6

• a > ɑ / #_
• ɣ > v
• ɔ > ɤ
• (ʉ,ɞ,a) >∅ / _[+sonorant]
• λ > ʎ̥˔

Stage 7

• s > Ø / _#
• [alveolar]r > [retroflex]
• [geminate consonant] > [single consonant]
• (y,œ) > (i,ɛ) / [-labial]_[-labial]
• r > ʟ

Stage 8

• ʟ > l
• h > ħ / _a
• h > ç / _[front vowel]
• (ʉ,ɞ) > (u, ɔ)
• ɑ > ɒ

Stage 9

• l > λ > ʎ̥˔
• h > Ø
• (ɯ, ɤ) > (ɨ, ɜ)
• VV > VɾV
• u > ʏ

Stage 10

• ɨ > ə
• ɜ > ʌ
• ɔ > o
• ʎ̥˔ > çl > _V
• ø > ɵ

Stage 11

• æ > ja
• ə > ∅ /_#
• ç > j / V_[voiced consonant, V}

Proposals

Perhaps we could allow people to do grammatical changes (i.e. "Syntax changes to V2", "Nominative becomes ergative and accusative becomes absolutive", etc.) instead of sound changes if they wish. DCliche 23:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I've taken the liberty of posting conjugation and declension tables so that we may see what peoposed grammatical changes may be based on. Kicgan Vekei 17:10, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Based on what the sounds changes have produced, I think these changes, at the very least, have happened:

• Elimination of ablative case in both nouns and pronouns
• Elimination of accusative case in nouns, but keeping it in pronouns
• Merging dative case with genitive in nouns
• Merging ɛ, æa, ɛd with ɛk, æk, ɤk
• Elimination of vocative case in nouns and pronouns

What think ye? Kicgan Vekei 19:36, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good; what would the new dato-genitive case be called, though? DCliche 20:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

The dato-genitive case would probably be called "indirect."

What about the verbs?

I'm working on those right now, actually. Once I'm done I'll put up a list of proposals. Kicgan Vekei 22:47, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm not quite done yet, but I suggest that ħ spread among all imperfect endings and ç spread among all perfect endings by analogy. What think ye? Kicgan Vekei 03:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Declension

	pəjaçla girl f.
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pəjaçla	pəjaçlja
Indirect	pəjaçlja	pəjaçlaʎ

	kamp field m.
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kamp	kampi
Indirect	kampi	kampəçl

	çljak, çljavɛ king m.
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	çljak	çljavɛ
Indirect	çljavɛ	çljav

	maçl hand f.
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maçl	maçli
Indirect	maçli	man

	çlɛ thing f.
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	çlɛ	çlɛ
Indirect	çljai	çlɛçl

	First Person		Second Person
	ɛvɛ I m. and f.	nə we m. and f.	ty thou m. and f.	βə ye m. and f.
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ɛvɛ	nə	ti	βə
Genitive	mjai	nɛsʈ	təi	βesʈ
Dative	mi	nəçi	tɛçɛ	βəçi
Accusative	mɛ	nə	tɛ	βə

	—, əi himself, herself itself, oneself, themselves
Nominative	—
Genitive	əi
Dative	çɛçɛ
Accusative	çɛ

	pja who? m. and f.	pjad what? n. only
	Singular
Nominative	pa	pjad
Genitive	tʃiçl	tʃiçl
Dative	kəja	kəja
Accusative	pɛn	pjad

	ɛk, jak, ɛk this, this one						ɛçlɛ, ɛçla, ɛçləd that, that one
	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter		Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ɛk	i	jak	ja	ɛk	jak	ɛçlɛ	ɛçli	ɛçla	eçlja	ɛçləd	ɛçla
Genitive	əçl	əçl	əçl	ɒçl	əçl	əçl	ɛçli	ɛçləçl	ɛçli	eçlaçl	ɛçli	ɛçləçl
Dative	əɛk	i	əɛk	i	əɛk	i	ɛçli	ɛçli	ɛçli	ɛçli	ɛçli	ɛçli
Accusative	ənk	ə	ɒnk	ɒ	ɛk	jak	ɛçl	ɛçl	ɛçla	ɒçla	ɒçləd	ɛçla

Relative pronouns

	pi, pjaæ, pəd who, which, that
	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pi	pi	pja	pja	pəd	pja
Genitive	tʃiçl	pəçl	tʃiçl	paçl	tʃiçl	pəçl
Dative	kəja	pi	kəja	pi	kəja	pi
Accusative	pɛn	pə	pan	pa	pod	pja

Conjugation

	Indicative mood, active voice, present tense
	pʌʎtaçlja		tjaçlɛçlja		pjasɛçlja		auziçlja
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
First Person	pʌʎt	pʌʎtam	tjaçljaɾ	tjaçlɛm	pjas	pjasim	auzɛɾ	auzim
Second Person	pʌʎta	pʌʎtasɛ	tjaçlɛ	tjaçlɛsɛ	pjasɛ	pjasɛsɛ	auzi	auzisɛ
Third Person	pʌʎtat	pʌʎtant	tjaçljat	tjaçljant	pjasɛt	pjasint	auzɛt	auzjaənt

	Indicative mood, active voice, imperfect tense
	pʌʎtaçlja		tjaçlɛçlja		pjasɛçlja		auziçlja
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
First Person	pʌʎtaħa	pʌʎtaβam	tjaçlɛħa	tjaçlɛβam	pjasɛħa	pjasɛβam	auzjaɛħa	auzjaɛβam
Second Person	pʌʎtaħa	pʌʎtaβasɛ	tjaçlɛħa	tjaçlɛβasɛ	pjasɛħa	pjasɛβasɛ	auzjaɛħa	auzjaɛβasɛ
Third Person	pʌʎtaħat	pʌʎtaħant	tjaçlɛħat	tjaçlɛħant	pjasɛħat	pjasɛħant	auzjaɛħat	auzjaɛβant

	Indicative mood, active voice, perfect tense
	pʌʎtaβɛsja		tjaçləɾɛsja		pɛtɛβɛsja		auzɛβɛsja
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
First Person	pʌʎtaçi	pʌʎtaçɛm	tjaçləɾi	tjaçləɾim	pjasiçi	pjasiçimja	auziçi	auziçɛm
Second Person	pʌʎtaβɛsti	pʌʎtaβɛstɛ	tjaçləɾɛsti	tjaçləɾɛstɛ	pjasiβɛsti	pjasiβɛstɛ	auziβɛsti	auziβɛstɛ
Third Person	pʌʎtaut	pʌʎtaβɛçlənt	tjaçləɾɛt	tjaçləɾɛçlənt	pjasiçɛt	pjasiβɛçlənt	auziçɛt	auziβɛʎənt

	Indicative mood, active voice, pluperfect tense
	pʌʎtaβɛsja		tjaçləɾɛsja		pjasɛβɛsja		auzɛβɛsja
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
First Person	pʌʎtaçjaçla	pʌʎtaçjaçlam	tjaçləɾjaçla	tjaçləɾjaçlam	pjasiçjaçla	pjasiçjaçlam	auziçjaçla	auziçjaçlam
Second Person	pʌʎtaçjaçla	pʌʎtaçjaçlasɛ	tjaçləɾjaçla	tjaçləɾjaçlasɛ	pjasiçjaçla	pjasiçjaçlasɛ	auziçjaçla	auziçjaçlasɛ
Third Person	pʌʎtaçjaçlat	pʌʎtaçjaçlant	tjaçləɾjaçlat	tjaçləɾjaçlant	pjasiçjaçlat	pjasiçjaçlant	auziçjaçlat	auziçjaçlant

	Indicative mood, active voice, future tense
	pʌʎtaçlja		tjaçlɛçlja		pjasɛçlja		auziçlja
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
First Person	pʌʎtaɾ	pʌʎtaɾɛm	tjaçlɛɾ	tjaçlɛɾɛm	pjasa	pjasɛm	auzɛɾa	auzɛɾɛm
Second Person	pʌʎtaɾɛ	pʌʎtaɾɛsɛ	tjaçlɛɾɛ	tjaçlɛɾɛsɛ	pjasɛ	pjasɛsɛ	auzɛɾɛ	auzɛɾɛsɛ
Third Person	pʌʎtaɾɛt	pʌʎtaɾənt	tjaçlɛɾɛt	tjaçlɛɾənt	pjasjat	pjasjant	auzɛɾjat	auzɛɾjant

	Indicative mood, active voice, future perfect tense
	pʌʎtaçlja		tjaçlɛçlja		pjasɛçlja		auziçlja
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
First Person	pʌʎtaçjaçl	pʌʎtaβjaçlɛm	tjaçləɾjaçl	tjaçləɾjaçlɛm	pjasɛçjaçlə	pjaçlsɛçjaçlɛm	auziçjaçlə	auziçjaçlɛm
Second Person	pʌʎtaçjaçlɛ	pʌʎtaβjaçlɛsɛ	tjaçləɾjaçlɛ	tjaçləɾjaçlɛsɛ	pjasɛçjaçlɛ	pjasɛçjaçlɛsɛ	auziçjaçlɛ	auziçjaçlɛsɛ
Third Person	pʌʎtaçæʎɛt	pʌʎtaβjaçlɛnt	tjaçləɾjaçlɛt	tjaçləɾjaçlɛnt	pjasɛçjaçlɛt	pjasɛçjaçlɛsɛ	auziçjaçlɛt	auziçjaçlɛnt