Vulgar Latin

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ancestor of Romance languages historical language variety of Latin

Vulgar Latin was the everyday, non-standard form of Latin spoken by common people in the Roman Empire, from which the Romance languages later evolved.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Vulgar Latin canonical	102
Proto-Romance	3
Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin	1
Gallo-Roman dialects	1
Late Latin	1
Vulgar Latin (declining)	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancestor of Romance languages ⓘ historical language ⓘ variety of Latin ⓘ
alternativeName	Popular Latin ⓘ Sermo Vulgaris ⓘ Sermo Vulgaris ⓘ surface form: Sermo Vulgaris Latinus
approximateEnd	around 8th century ⓘ early Middle Ages ⓘ
approximateStart	around 1st century BCE ⓘ
characteristic	development of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ greater use of analytic constructions ⓘ increased use of prepositions ⓘ loss of neuter gender in many areas ⓘ merger of long and short vowels in many positions ⓘ phonological changes leading to diphthongization in some regions ⓘ reduction of synthetic passive forms ⓘ simplified case system ⓘ
contrastedWith	formal written Latin ⓘ
developedFrom	Latin ⓘ surface form: Classical Latin Latin ⓘ surface form: Old Latin
developedInto	Old French ⓘ Old Italian ⓘ Old Portuguese ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ surface form: Old Romanian Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ surface form: Old Spanish Vulgar Latin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proto-Romance Romance languages ⓘ
distinctFrom	Latin ⓘ surface form: Classical Latin Latin ⓘ surface form: Literary Latin
influenced	Catalan ⓘ French ⓘ Italian ⓘ Occitan ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
influencedBy	substrate languages in Roman provinces ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Italic languages ⓘ
lexicalChange	replacement of many Classical Latin words with new formations or borrowings ⓘ
notAttestedBy	native texts ⓘ
reconstructedFrom	Latin inscriptions with non-standard features ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ grammarians' comments on incorrect Latin ⓘ
region	Romania ⓘ surface form: Dacia Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire France ⓘ surface form: Gaul Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Illyricum ⓘ Italy ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
status	non-standard form of Latin ⓘ spoken vernacular ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
usedBy	common people in the Roman Empire ⓘ merchants in the Roman Empire ⓘ settlers in Roman provinces ⓘ soldiers in the Roman Empire ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication ⓘ oral communication ⓘ
usedIn	Roman Empire ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

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

Spanish → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Vulgar Latin → developedInto → Vulgar Latin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Romance

Romanian language → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Romance

Portuguese language → derivedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Italian language → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Romance languages → hasOrigin → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Romance languages → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Catalan → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Latin → hasStage → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Latin

Latin Rite → hasHistoricalLanguage → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Aromanian → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Sermo Vulgaris → alternativeName → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Sermo Vulgaris → ancestorOf → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Romance

Popular Latin → alsoKnownAs → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

French → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Lombardic → replacedBy → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

subject surface form: Franco-Provençal

Ibero-Romance languages → originatedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Romansh language → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Walloon language → derivedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Dalmatian language → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Ladin language → historicalAncestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Aragonese language → originatedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Gaulish → replacedBy → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Corsu → hasAncestralForm → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Jèrriais → hasAncestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Gallo-Romance languages → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin

Visigothic Kingdom → language → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Old Spanish → follows → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Old Spanish → developsFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Balkan Latin → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Balkan Latin → relatedConcept → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Vlach language → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Eastern Romance → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Kingdom of the Franks → language → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Latin → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Old Latin → influenced → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Burgundian Kingdom (early phase) → language → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Champenois → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Lorrain → linguisticOrigin → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Mozarabic language → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Eonavian language → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Western Romance → originatedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Asturian language → derivedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Balagne dialect → hasAncestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Eastern Walloon → hasAncestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ

Hispano-Romance dialects → hasOrigin → Vulgar Latin ⓘ