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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Generate an image of Vulgar 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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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancestor of Romance languages ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
variety of Latin ⓘ
alternativeName Popular Latin ⓘ
Sermo Vulgaris ⓘ
Sermo Vulgaris Latinus ⓘ
linked to: Sermo Vulgaris
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 ⓘ
linked to: Latin

Old Latin ⓘ
linked to: Latin
developedInto Old French ⓘ
Old Italian ⓘ
Old Portuguese ⓘ
Old Romanian ⓘ
linked to: Romanian language

Old Spanish ⓘ
Proto-Romance ⓘ
linked to: Vulgar Latin

Romance languages ⓘ
distinctFrom Classical Latin ⓘ
linked to: Latin

Literary Latin ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
linked to: Romania

Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Gaul ⓘ
linked to: France

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 ⓘ

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

Spanish → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Vulgar Latin → developedInto → Proto-Romance ⓘ
linked to: Vulgar Latin
Romanian language → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Romanian language → ancestor → Proto-Romance ⓘ
linked to: Vulgar Latin
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 ⓘ
Latin → hasStage → Late Latin ⓘ
linked to: Vulgar Latin
Latin Rite → hasHistoricalLanguage → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Aromanian → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Sermo Vulgaris → alternativeName → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Sermo Vulgaris → ancestorOf → Proto-Romance ⓘ
linked to: Vulgar Latin
Popular Latin → alsoKnownAs → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
French → ancestor → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Lombardic → replacedBy → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Old French → follows → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
Franco-Provençal → developedFrom → Vulgar Latin ⓘ
subject linked to: Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
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 → Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ