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|rowspan=2| ă, ā || in an open stressed, or unstressed final, syllable || a || {{small|MĀRE}} > *mare > már<br>{{small|RŌMA}} > *rōma > Ruma
|rowspan=2| ă, ā || open stressed, or unstressed final, syllable || a || {{small|MĀRE}} > *mare > már<br>{{small|RŌMA}} > *rōma > Ruma
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| in a closed stressed, or an unstressed, syllable || o {{IPA|[ɔ]}} || {{small|CAPRA}} > *kopra > kopra<br>{{small|PĀGĀNU}} > *poganŭ > pohán<br>{{small|ĂRĀNEA}} > *oraňa > oranja
| closed stressed, or an unstressed, syllable || o {{IPA|[ɔ]}} || {{small|CAPRA}} > *kopra > kopra<br>{{small|PĀGĀNU}} > *poganŭ > pohán<br>{{small|ĂRĀNEA}} > *oraňa > oranja
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|rowspan=2| ē, ĭ || stressed syllable || e || {{small|TĒLA}} > *tela > tela
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Vulgar Latin sound changes

Latin to Vulgar Latin (Pre-Romance) ? -150 C.E.


Latin Condition Result Example(s)
m word-finally disappears CAELUM > *kaelu > czál
y̆, ȳ everywhere ĭ, ī CYGNUS > *kignus > czenj
ae word-finally ǣ ROSAE > *rosǣ > roze
elsewhere ĕ [ɛ] CAELUM > *kelu > czál
oe ē FOEDUM > *fēdu > véd
au ō CAUSA > *kōsa > kuza
eu jū
ui ū
ĭ,ĕ before another vowel j SPATIUM > *spatju > spóc
LĪNEA > līnja > linja
ŭ before another vowel w VIDUA > *vidwa > vedva
h disappears HODIĒ > odjē > oj
COLAPHUM > *kolapu > klóp
CATHEDRA > *katedra > kotjedra
MĀCHINA > *mākina > máczna
ns s ĪNSULA > *īsula > ízla
nct, mpt nt SANCTUM > *sàntu-eu > sútý

PRŌMPTUM > *prōntu > prútý

nj, cn, gn, mnj ň [ɲ] LĪNEA > *līňa > linja
CYGNUM > *kiňu > czenj
SOMNIUM > *soňu > sonj
mĭn between vowels mn DOMINUM > *domnu > dún
per- word initially par- PERAMBULĀRE > *parambulāre > porúblár
PERDERE > *pàrdere > pradír
PERSŌNA > *parsōna > prasuna
b between vowels v [β] LĂBŌRĀRE > *lavōrare > lóvrár
s between vowels z ĪNSULA > *īzula > ízla
CAUSA > *kōza > kuza
sp, st, sc [sk] word initial ĭsp, ĭst, ĭsk SPŌNSA > *ispōza > spuza
STUDIUM > *istudju > stuj
SCHOLA > *iskola > skola
  • It is possible that the Greek y sound was adopted as i by Vulgar Latin from the beginning.
  • Note that h was lost everywhere, also in the Greek aspirates ph, th, ch. It is especially noteworthy that ph became p, not f in the kind of Vulgar Latin that led to Slevan.


Northeast Romance sound changes

Vulgar Latin to Early Northeast Romance 150 - 600 C.E.


V.L. Condition Result Example(s)
ă, ā open stressed, or unstressed final, syllable a MĀRE > *mare > már
RŌMA > *rōma > Ruma
closed stressed, or an unstressed, syllable o [ɔ] CAPRA > *kopra > kopra
PĀGĀNU > *poganŭ > pohán
ĂRĀNEA > *oraňa > oranja
ē, ĭ stressed syllable e TĒLA > *tela > tela
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