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

Infinitive and Past Participle

Infinitive
	1st Conjugation		– āre
	2nd Conjugation		– īre
	3rd Conjugation		– re

Past Participle
	1st Conjugation		– āts
	2nd Conjugation I		– ūts
	2nd Conjugation II		– īts
	3rd Conjugation		– ts

Indicative Mood

1st Conjugation

Present
		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.

Future
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	uean ... – āre	ueanīms ... – āre
	2nd person	ueanīs ... – āre	ueanītīs ... – āre
	3rd Person	ueanet ... – āre	ueannt ... – āre

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

Present
		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 group 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.

Group II - Preterite in –ī etc.

Preterite (Simple Past)
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	– ī	– īmms
	2nd person	– īstī	– īstes
	3rd Person	– īt	– īrnt

2ii group derived from Latin 4th 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.

Future
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	uean ... – īre	ueanīms ... – īre
	2nd person	ueanīs ... – īre	ueanītīs ... – īre
	3rd Person	ueanet ... – īre	ueannt ... – īre

3rd Conjugation

Present
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	–	– (e)ms
	2nd person	– es	– tes
	3rd Person	– et	– (e)nt

Preterite (Simple Past)
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	– si	– sīms
	2nd person	– sistī	– sistes
	3rd Person	– set	– sīrnt

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.

Future
		Singular	Plural
	1st person	uean ... – re	ueanīms ... – re
	2nd person	ueanīs ... – re	ueanītīs ... – re
	3rd Person	ueanet ... – re	ueannt ... – re

Subjunctive Mood

1st Conjugation

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

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

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

3rd Conjugation

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

Imperative Mood

Singular
	1st Conjugation		– a
	2nd Conjugation		– ī
	3rd Conjugation		– e

Plural
	1st Conjugation		– āte
	2nd Conjugation		– īte
	3rd Conjugation		– te