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Vulgariano
Pronunciation: [vulgaɾiˈano]
Spoken in: Vulgaria, Sea of Sardinia
Total speakers: 80,000
Language family: Romance language
Distribution: Vulgaria.png

Vulgarian (or lingua vulgariana) is a Romance language spoken as a native language by about 80 thousand people in the Island of Vulgaria, in the Sea of Sardinia.

Vulgarian derives diachronically from Latin and is very conservative in its standard form. As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive.

Dialects

Writing system

Phonology

In this section, the phonology of the standard dialect is described.

Vowels

  Front Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a
  1. While Vulgarian contrasts close-mid (/e o/) and open-mid (/ɛ ɔ/) vowels in stressed syllables, they are in free variation when unstressed.

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-
dental
Dental/
Alveolar
Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative f v s z
Affricate ts dz tʃ dʒ
Approximant j w
Trill r
Tap ɾ
Lateral l ʎ
  1. Nasals assimilate to the point of articulation of whatever consonant they precede. For example, /nɡ/ is realized as [ŋɡ].

Examples

Sample texts

Grammar

Sentences and word order

Verbs

Every Vulgarian verb belongs to one of three form classes, characterized by the infinitive ending: -are, -ere, or -ire— sometimes called the first, second, third and the fourth "conjugations", respectively.

Nouns

Articles and determiners

Adjectives

Adverbs

Prepositions

Pronouns