Vulgar Latin
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancestor of Romance languages
→
historical language → variety of Latin → |
| alternativeName |
Popular Latin
→
Sermo Vulgaris → 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 |
Classical Latin
→
Old Latin → |
| developedInto |
Old French
→
Old Italian → Old Portuguese → Old Romanian → Old Spanish → Proto-Romance → Romance languages → |
| distinctFrom |
Classical Latin
→
Literary Latin → |
| influenced |
Catalan
→
French → Italian → Occitan → Portuguese → Romanian → Spanish → |
| influencedBy |
substrate languages in Roman provinces
→
|
| languageFamily |
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 |
Dacia
→
Eastern Roman Empire → 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
→
|