Proto-Northern-Romance (MGR)

Proto-Northern-Romance *Roumānītti / *Dermānītti / Lingua Rūstica Germāniārum
Spoken in:	northwestern Europe
Conworld:	Mundus Germaniae Romanae
Total speakers:
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	2007

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

Grammar

Nouns

1st Declension

A) - Mainly feminine, with some masculine exceptions. Derived from Latin 1st and 5th declensions.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– a	– as
2	Accusative:	– a	– as
3	Genitive:	– ā	– ār
4	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.

B) - Feminine. Derived from Latin 1st declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– i	– as
2	Accusative:	– i	– as
3	Genitive:	– es	– ār
4	Dative:	– ā	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:

• crambē, crambes

2nd Declension

A) - Masculine. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	–	– ī
2	Accusative:	– e	– is
3	Genitive:	– is	– ōr
4	Dative:	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:

• pater, pateris

B) - Masculine. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– is	– ī
2	Accusative:	– e	– is
3	Genitive:	– is	– ōr
4	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)

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

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– s	– ī
2	Accusative:	–	– s
3	Genitive:	– ī	– ōr
4	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)

D) - Masculine, including originally feminine Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 2nd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	–	– ī
2	Accusative:	–	– s
3	Genitive:	– ī	– ōr
4	Dative:	–	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:

• puer, puerī
• liber, librī

Notes: The NRom. paradigm Lūttius, * Lūttiu, * Lūttī, * Lūtt [< Lūcius, Lūciu(m)] is still considered with the 2nd declension, though effectively irregular.

3rd Declension

A) - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– e	– a
2	Accusative:	– e	– a
3	Genitive:	– is	– ōr
4	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)

B) - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– is	– a
2	Accusative:	– e	– a
3	Genitive:	– is	– ōr
4	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)

C) - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– s	– a
2	Accusative:	–	– a
3	Genitive:	– is	– ōr
4	Dative:	– ī	– īs

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

• *ossus, ossis (< os, ossis)

D) - Masculine, originally neuter Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	–	– a
2	Accusative:	–	– a
3	Genitive:	– is	– ōr
4	Dative:	– ī	– īs

The following Latin paradigm declines per the above:

• opus, operis

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

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– s	– a
2	Accusative:	–	– a
3	Genitive:	– ī	– ōr
4	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

A) - Feminine, including originally masculine Latin nouns. Derived from Latin 3rd and 5th declensions.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– is	– is
2	Accusative:	– e	– is
3	Genitive:	– is	– iu
4	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)

B) - Feminine. Derived from Latin 3rd declension.

	Case	Singular	Plural
1	Nominative:	– is	– is
2	Accusative:	– e	– is
3	Genitive:	– is	–
4	Dative:	– ī	– ius

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

• *mōris, mōris (< mōs, mōris)
• *ratiōnis, ratiōnis (< ratiō, ratiōnis)
• *Naiadis, Naiadis (< Naias, Naiadis)