Sermo Vulgaris

E13982

historical language stage spoken language variety of Latin

Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sermo Vulgaris canonical	1
Sermo Vulgaris Latinus	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical language stage ⓘ spoken language ⓘ variety of Latin ⓘ
alternativeName	Vulgar Latin ⓘ sermo cotidianus ⓘ sermo plebeius ⓘ sermo vulgaris Latinus ⓘ
ancestorOf	Catalan ⓘ French ⓘ Galician language ⓘ surface form: Galician Italian ⓘ Occitan ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Vulgar Latin ⓘ surface form: Proto-Romance Romance languages ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ surface form: Romanian Sardinians ⓘ surface form: Sardinian Spanish ⓘ
contrastWith	Latin ⓘ surface form: Classical Latin Latin ⓘ surface form: Literary Latin
developedFrom	Latin ⓘ surface form: Classical Latin Old Latin ⓘ
extinctionPeriod	early Middle Ages ⓘ
feature	development of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ greater use of analytic verb forms ⓘ increased use of prepositions ⓘ lexical differences from Classical Latin ⓘ loss of quantity distinction in vowels in many areas ⓘ phonological simplification ⓘ reduction of synthetic passive forms ⓘ simplified case system ⓘ
influencedBy	substrate languages in Roman provinces ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European languages ⓘ Italic languages ⓘ
notableSource	Pompeian graffiti ⓘ late Latin inscriptions ⓘ non-literary papyri ⓘ
register	colloquial ⓘ informal ⓘ
spokenBy	common people of the Roman Empire ⓘ merchants in the Roman Empire ⓘ rural populations in Roman provinces ⓘ soldiers of the Roman army ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Late Roman Republic ⓘ surface form: late Roman Republic
usedInRegion	Africa Proconsularis ⓘ Romania ⓘ surface form: Dacia Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire Gaul ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Hispania Illyricum ⓘ Italy ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vulgar Latin → alternativeName → Sermo Vulgaris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sermo Vulgaris Latinus