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
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Basic word order: | SVO |
Morphological type: | inflecting |
Morphosyntactic alignment: | nominative-accusative |
Writing system: | |
Created by: | |
P Collier, BP Jonsson | 2006+ |
Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
Phonological History
Morphology
Nouns
1st Declension
Group I - Mainly feminine, with some masculine exceptions. Derived from Latin 1st and 5th declensions.'
1st Declension – Group I | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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
In the transition from Latin to Proto-Northern Romance, verbs went through several syntactic and semantic changes. Most of the distinctions present in classical Latin continued to be made, but synthetic forms were often replaced with analytic ones. Other verb forms changed meaning, and new forms also appeared.
In coomon with the other Romance dialects, Latin's synthetic passive voice was completely lost, to be replaced by a periphrastic form utilising the apprpriately conjugated form of the verb 'to be' plus the past participle.
Similar new periphrastic forms also developed for the future tense, utilising the verb 'to come' plus the infinitive, and the perfect tense, using 'to have' and the past participle.
Latin's perfect tense had also functioned as a preterite (simple past). Following the development of a new periphrastic perfect tense (see above), use of the original form continued but became limited solely to its preterite meaning.
Latin's imperfect tense was completely lost in Proto-Northern Romance.
Infinitive and Past Participle
Infinitive | ||||||||||||
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1st Conjugation | – āre | |||||||||||
2nd Conjugation | – īre | |||||||||||
3rd Conjugation | – re |
Past Participle | ||||||||||||
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1st Conjugation | cun – āt | |||||||||||
2nd Conjugation I | cun – ūt | |||||||||||
2nd Conjugation II | cun – īt | |||||||||||
3rd Conjugation | cun – t |
Indicative Mood
1st Conjugation
Present | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – | – āms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – as | – ātes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – at | – ant |
Preterite (Simple Past) | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – ai | – amms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – astī | – astes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – at | – ārnt |
Future | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – | – īms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – es | – ītes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – et | – int |
Group I - Preterite in –be etc.
Preterite (Simple Past) | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – be | – bīms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – bistī | – bistes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – bet | – bīrnt |
2i group derived from Latin 2nd conjugation.
Group II - Preterite in –ī etc.
Preterite (Simple Past) | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – ī | – īmms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – īstī | – īstes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – īt | – īrnt |
2ii group derived from Latin 4th conjugation.
Future | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | uean ... – īre | ueanīms ... – īre | ||||||||||
2nd person | ueanīs ... – īre | ueanītīs ... – īre | ||||||||||
3rd Person | ueanet ... – īre | ueannt ... – īre |
3rd Conjugation
Present | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – | – (e)ms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – es | – tes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – et | – (e)nt |
Preterite (Simple Past) | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | – si | – sīms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – sistī | – sistes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – set | – sīrnt |
Future | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | –e | – īms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – es | – ītes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – et | – int |
2nd Conjugation - Derived from Latin 2nd and 4th conjugations
Present | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | –a | – āms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – as | – ātes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – at | – ant |
3rd Conjugation
Present | ||||||||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
1st person | –a | – āms | ||||||||||
2nd person | – as | – ātes | ||||||||||
3rd Person | – at | – ant |
Imperative Mood
Singular | ||||||||||||
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1st Conjugation | – a | |||||||||||
2nd Conjugation | – ī | |||||||||||
3rd Conjugation | – e |
Plural | ||||||||||||
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1st Conjugation | – āte | |||||||||||
2nd Conjugation | – īte | |||||||||||
3rd Conjugation | – te |