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Atlantic
otrantih; nimba otrantiha
Pronunciation[[ɔˈtrantiχ]
[ˈnimba ɔˈtrantiχa]]
Created byLili21
DateGen 2019
SettingAlt-Earth
EthnicityAtlantics (otrantihus)
Native speakers66,000,000 (2017)
Indo-European
  • Italic
    • Romance
      • African Romance
        • Atlantic
Official status
Official language in
Atlantiana
Map of the Republic of Atlantiana.
Map of the Republic of Atlantiana.

Atlantic (natively otrantih [ɔˈtrantiχ] or nimba otrantiha [ˈnimba ɔˈtrantiχa]) also referred to as Rumonian (natively rumon [ruˈmɔn] or nimba rumona [ˈnimba ruˈmɔna], literally "Roman" and "Roman language"[1][2]) is a Romance language spoken in an alternate history version of Earth in Atlantiana (Otrantiana [ɔtranˈtjana]), a country located in the northwestern corner of Africa. The country's name is a remnant of Roman history, when the area – including the Atlas Mountains as its main geographical feature – was divided in the provinces of Numidia, Mauretania Caesariensis, and Mauretania Tingitana.

It has various dialects, usually grouped in main varieties corresponding to the main geographical and cultural areas of the country. The two main varieties are called Mauritanian (moiriṭonyinsi [mwariθɔˈɲinsi]), the one the standard is based on, and Numidian (numiginsi [numiˈdʑinsi]); some sources distinguish two further varieties, Teneréïc (tenerinsi [tɛnɛˈrinsi]) and Senegal Riparian (Niu-flumininsi [ˈniu̯ flumiˈninsi]); these two varieties are greatly influenced by the non-Romance languages they coexist with. In Atlantiana, it is the native language of about 70% of the population, the nationwide de facto lingua franca, and one of the six official languages, sharing official status with the native languages of the remaining 30% of the population: the Berber languages in most of the country and Fula, Wolof, Soninke, and Bambara in the south.

Atlantic is aesthetically inspired by selected sound changes in various other Romance languages, most notably Sicilian, Romansh, French, and various dialects of Lombard, especially Alpine ones(LMO). It also includes some features taken by my now-abandoned former romlang projects, Wendlandish and an unrelated romlang for the same setting, as well as some unique features, such as intervocalic voiceless stops leniting to voiceless fricatives instead of voiced stops (like the Tuscan gorgia, but here it's become phonemic).

It aims to be an extremely conservative Romance language in its morphology, with many irregularities directly deriving from Latin, and with little analogical levelling; for example, the different ways to build the perfect are maintained almost without change for nearly every inherited verb except for those in the productive first conjugation. The development of the various synthetic tenses is however almost identical to that of Portuguese, except for the innovative future and conditional which are respectively different and non-existant in Atlantic. It also maintains neuter nouns as distinct from the other two genders. It is not meant to fit with existing Romance languages in the sense I purposely took as inspirations various features from all over the Romance-speaking world, and therefore does not fit in any subgrouping.

Development

Vocalic changes

The Atlantic vocalic system was formed through an evolution that, while with many common elements with other Romance languages, was unique in having kept long and short /a/ distinct, the former shifting to /ɑ/ and later merging with surviving instances of /ɔ/. Otherwise, the development of vowels was much like Sicilian, as the table below hints:

Latin Early Atlantic Modern Atlantic Example Cognates
A, Ā *a, *ɑ a, o BARCAMbarca
*paraulāre → parlori
Sicilian barca, varca; Italian barca; French barque
Sic. parrari; It. parlare; Fr. parler
E, AE, OE e (atonic: i) VEDĒREviḍiri
CENTRUMcentr
Sic. vidiri; It. vedere; Fr. voir
Sic. centru; It. centro; Fr. centre
Ē, Ī, I *i, *i, *ɪ i VEDĒREviḍiri
DŌRMĪREdurmiri
SIMPLICEMsimprici
Sic. vidiri; It. vedere; Fr. voir
Sic. durmiri; It. dormire; Fr. dormir
Sic. simprici; It. semplice; Fr. simple
O o SOMNUMson Sic. sonnu; It. sonno; Fr. somme
Ō, Ū, U *u, *u, *ʊ u AMŌREMamuri
NUCEMnuxi
PŪNCTUMpunyt
Sic. amuri; It. amore; Fr. amour
Sic. nuci; It. noce; Fr. noix
Sic. puntu; It. punto; Fr. point
AU *ɑw~ɒj oi ([ɔɪ̯] or [wa]) *aucellum → oichaly Sic. aceddu; It. uccello; Fr. oiseau

Changes not mentioned in the above table are triggered by neighboring sounds, most particularly l and r:

  • As in many Gallo-Italic varieties, Latin short a was backed and rounded before a coda l, see ALTUMolt (cf. Lombard olt, French haut, Italian alto).
  • The same result happened for ul sequences, which were lowered, see FULMENfolmin (cf. Lom. fulmen, It. fulmine).
  • Breaking of Latin short e and o happened in a more limited way than in other Romance languages where it happened; in the standard dialect, it only occurred before original r and l; however, it happened indistinctly in open and closed syllables. In the standard, it also did not happen after velar consonants, though it did happen after h; note that it happened after the palatalization of velars before front vowels, so that short e is broken almost without exceptions. In some dialects, those two vowels were also broken after n and/or after velars. The results are always ia (for broken e) and ua (for broken o), but the semivocalic i in the former merged with a preceding l, n, s, or h to ly, ny, x, and j respectively. See examples:
    Lat. CAELUM, *moritchar, muaril (cf. Fr. ciel, meurt; Lom. ciel, mœur; It. cielo, muore; Spanish cielo, muere, Portuguese céu, (morre))
    Lat. TERRAM, PORTAMtiara, puarta (cf. Fr. terre, porte; Lom. terra, porta; It. terra, porta; Sp. tierra, puerta; Pt. terra, porta)

Dialectally, vowel breaking was more widespread. In Numidia, it remained productive late enough to affect original ul (see above), but not original al or even long a (which remained *ɑ(l) for longer) - as in fualmin for standard folmin. This usage extended to later loanwords, as in arbialg "hotel" for standard arbelg (Medieval Latin HARIBERGUM), or in the given name doublet Albert and Albiart (← ALBERTUM). In Western Mauritania and Numidia, it affected vowels after velars too (see Western Mauritanian cuardi, Numidian cuari for Standard/general Mauritanian cordi "heart", or both W.Mauritanian and Numidian cuarnu for Std. cornu (← CORNŪ)) and also vowels before n as in buan for Std. bon "good" (← BONUM). The fact these dialects break vowels before n, but still only when stressed, creates even more stem alternations in the conjugation of some verbs compared to standard Atlantic, such as spuandi, spondimu for Std. spondi, spondimu "I declare, we declare" (← SPONDEŌ, SPONDĒMUS).
Reborrowings or learned words, especially Biblical proper nouns, often created doublets, as in the given name "Peter" being usually Piatr [ˈpjatar], but Petrus [ˈpɛtrus] when referring to Saint Peter[3].

Note that original Latin long a only merged with o later, and never underwent vowel breaking.

Metaphony

Metaphony occurs in a very limited environment, that is, as the result of original non-syllabic /i/ in the [pja bja mja] sequences. The /i/ disappears, raising a preceding [a ɛ ɔ] to [ɛ i u] respectively. It is most commonly encountered in subjunctive verb forms:

  • CAMBIAM → *cʲambjã > cemba "I change (subj.)"
  • RAPIAM → *rapjã > repa "I steal (subj.)"
  • DORMIAM → *dormjã > durma "I sleep (subj.)"

Phonology

Consonants

→ PoA
↓ Manner
Labial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasals m m n n ny ɲ ŋ
Plosives Voiceless p p t t c, qu k
Voiced b b d d g, gu ɡ
Affricates ch, c
j, g
Fricatives Voiceless f f s, ss s x, h ç
(x ɕ)
h x~χ
Voiced v v s z
Liquids r r
l l
(ly ʎ)
Approximants u w i, ly j

The phonemes /ɕ ʎ/ are only found in some dialects; Standard Atlantic merges them with /ç j/ respectively (cf. oichaly "bird" /ˈwaˈtɕaj ~ waˈtɕaʎ/ or seix "six" /ˈsɛç ~ ˈsɛɕ/). In the dialects where /ɕ/ is a distinct phoneme, [ç x] are in complementary distribution, with the former occurring before front vowels and the latter elsewhere.

/l/ is realized as a voiceless lateral fricative [ɬ] word-finally and before voiceless consonants, and as its voiced equivalent [ɮ] before voiced consonants.

In standard Atlantic, voiced stops are allophonically geminated after a stressed vowel, e.g. in pubric "public" /ˈpubrik/ [ˈpubːrik], abidihu "I decline" /ˈabidiχu/ [ˈabːidiχu], or Vurubiri "Volubilis" /vuˈrubiri/ [vuˈrubːiri].

/ŋ/ is a marginal phoneme, limited to the /ŋn/ sequence, written as mm[4] as in amma /ˈaŋna/ "person", ommisantor /oŋnizanˈtɔr/ "November", or limmi /ˈliŋni/ "brown"; due to spelling pronunciation, nativized loanwords with written mm are typically pronounced with this sequence, such as the name Emma /ˈɛŋna/.
The sequence /ŋɡ/ is, in Numidia, often realized as [ŋn], which leads to it being written as mm by less educated speakers. Examples include sungu [ˈsuŋɡu ~ ˈsuŋnu] "I am" or Hungariha [χuŋˈɡariχa ~ χuŋˈnariχa] "Hungary".

Word-initial consonants are, for many speakers, allophonically geminated due to assimilation of a preceding consonant from a clitic. This most notably happens with aḍ:

  • Fui aḍ Napuli "I was in Naples" [ˈfui̯ anˈnapuli];
  • Ilu vivil aḍ Briṭonya "he lives in Great Britain" [ilu ˈviviɬ abːriˈθɔɲa].

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i i u u
Mid e ɛ o ɔ
Low a a

Orthography

c, g, h

The letters c, g, h have different pronunciations depending on the following vowel:

  • Before a, o, u they represent /k ɡ χ/
  • Before i, e they represent /tɕ dʑ ç/

Note that the /ç/ phoneme may also be written x in all positions due to a general sound shift, representing earlier /ɕ/ when written as such. Most Numidian dialects still pronounce x as /ɕ/. In order to write the same sounds before the opposite pair of letters, the following letters or digraphs are used:

  • Palatal sound + a, o, uch, j, x
  • Velar sound + i, equ, gu; the sequences /χi χe/ do not exist in Atlantic.

s, x

The letter s may represent two or three different phonemes depending on dialect: /s z/ are common to all Atlantic dialects, with /z/ never occurring word-initially or word-finally and being the only one to happen before voiced consonants, and being written as s intervocalically; in this position, the only one where it contrasts with /s/, the latter is written ss.

Word-finally, /s z/ do not contrast as only the former is possible, however in the /z/ may appear in inflected forms. Despite this, and the option of a /z/ phoneme being realized as [s] word-finally being possible, the orthography does not distinguish between them and always writes s. The only two words with word-final ss are the negative particle pass and the adverb press "near".

The third phoneme represented by s is /ɕ/, limited to a few Numidian dialects and only occurring before a soft c as in nosciri "to be born" /ˈnɔɕtɕiri/. These dialects' /ɕtɕ/ sequence corresponds to /stɕ/ elsewhere (cf. standard /ˈnɔstɕiri/).

The letter x represents historical /ɕ/, which has shifted to /ç/ in all dialects except for those of mountain areas and far eastern Numidia; a peculiar characteristic of the dialect of Hippo Regius in the far east of the country is the "hardening" of this sound to /ʂ/ (lu xi hipuriginsi). Word-finally, this phoneme is written as ix after vowels, and it may contrast with x in some learned Greek or Latin words which represents /ks/, with the most common minimal pair being seix "six" /sɛç ~ sɛɕ/ [sɛç ~ sɛɕ] vs. sex "sex" /sɛks/ [ˈsɛkɛs]. The only exception is for acronyms where a word-final x was word-medial in the source word; in such words, the i-less spelling is kept but with the /ç/ sound, as in soxnox "Nazi" /sɔçˈnɔç ~ sɔɕˈnɔɕ/ (acronym of soxorista noxunori).
Originally Greek given names with x may be pronounced with either /ç/ or /ks/; the latter pronunciation is more formal, but the former is more common - cf. Anaxagora /anaçaˈgɔra ~ anaksaˈgɔra/ or Xerxi /ˈçɛrçi ~ ˈksɛrksi/. However, for Arixandr and Arixandra only the pronunciation with /ç/ is used.

Epenthesis

Epenthetic unwritten vowels are found in most dialects in virtually every word-final written cluster, except for nasal+stop ones, where only the nasal is pronounced[5]. The epenthetic vowel is always unstressed and of the same quality of the preceding vowel. They are not analyzed as phonemic.

Examples:

  • olt "high, tall" (m./n. sg.) /ɔlt/ [ˈɔlɔt] (cf. olta "high, tall" (f. sg./n. pl.) /ˈɔlta/ [ˈɔɬta])
  • vestr "your(s)" (m./n. sg.) /vɛstr/ [ˈvɛstɛr] (cf. vestra "your(s)" (f. sg./n. pl.) /ˈvɛstra/ [ˈvɛstra])
  • agr "field"/aɡr/ [ˈaɡːar] (cf. agrus "fields" /ˈaɡrus/ [ˈaɡːrus])
  • spuns "declared" (m./n. sg.) /spuns/ [ˈspunus] (cf. spunsa "declared" (f. sg./n. pl.) /ˈspunsa/ [ˈspunsa])
  • punyt "point" /puɲt/ [puɲ] (cf. punytus "points" /ˈpuɲtus/ [ˈpunʲtʲʉs])
  • voḍunt "they go" /ˈvɔðun/ [ˈvɔðun]

Note, as for /nC/ finals, that adrint "close to" does have a pronounced [t] when before the indefinite articles un and una.

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns do not inflect for case, just for number, and have different pluralization patterns inherited by the Latin declensions and their various subtypes, including those for Greek nouns. Gender is not marked on the nouns themselves, but on accompanying adjectives and articles.

Singular marker Plural marker Gender Notes Origin Examples
-a -os mostly feminine
a few masculine ones
productive for feminine nouns 1st declension; some masculine nouns were originally Greek. afaafos (water(s)) (f)
poïṭapoïṭos (poet(s)) (m)
-ta neuter Greek learned borrowings climaclimata (climate(s)) (n)
-i -is masculine, feminine 3rd declension (m./f. nouns) lavurilavuris (work(s)) (m)
partipartis (part(s)) (f)
-a neuter 3rd declension (n. nouns) with reanalyzed stems cordicorda (heart(s)) (n)
-inya neuter movable -n in the singular 3rd declension (n. nouns) numinuminya (name(s)) (n)
-os feminine 1st declension for Greek nouns ninfininfos (nymph(s)) (f)
-∅ -us masculine[6] productive 2nd and 4th declension (m. nouns) ventventus (wind(s)) (m)
vioṭihvioṭihus (travel(s)) (f)
-a neuter the last consonant may be modified 2nd declension (n. nouns), a few 3rd declension ones nimalnimalya (animal(s)) (n)
-ora neuter 3rd declension neuters liṭliṭora (coast(s)) (n)
-o -us masculine
neuter in learned borrowings
movable -n in the singular 2nd declension for Greek nouns (m./n. nouns) finominofinominus (phaenomenon, -a) (m)
-u -a neuter 4th declension (n. nouns) cornucorna (horn(s)) (n)

Vocative

Masculine given names (and a small number of common nouns) in Atlantic have a distinct vocative form. This ending, -u, is not a continuation of the original Latin vocative; instead, it can be explained as a lengthening of the final vowel of original -UM nouns, therefore reconstructing the Pre-Atlantic form as *-ū, which prevented the vowel from being dropped.

The vocative form is used, in popular speech, for every masculine given names which ends in a consonant; prescriptive grammar, however, does not accept it for the common Greek names which had a different ending (and typically end in stressed -os, -on, or -es).
Some examples:

  • CirCiru!
  • AlbertAlbertu!
  • GinnarGinnaru!
  • PiatrPiatru!
  • XenofonXenofon! (standard), Xenofonu! (colloquial)
  • DioclesDiocles! (standard), Dioclesu! (colloquial)
  • ArquimediArquimedi! (does not end in a consonant)

Adjectives

Adjectives follow two different declensions, one with four distinct forms and another with three. Neuter nouns take masculine singular agreement when singular, and feminine singular when plural.

Declension Masculine sg.
Neuter sg.
Feminine sg.
Neuter pl.
Masculine pl. Feminine pl.
First -∅ -a -us -os
Second -i -is

First declension

Singular ex.: charus furmus, charusa furmusa, cordi furmus = "handsome boy", "beautiful girl", "kind heart"
Plural ex.: charusus furmusus, charusos furmusos, corda furmusa = "handsome boys", "beautiful girls", "kind hearts"

Second declension

Singular ex.: amix viroci, amixa virocha, joixi viroci = "real friend", "real friend", "real pleasure"
Plural ex.: amicus virocis, amixos virocis, joixa virocha = "real friends", "real friends", "real pleasures"

Comparatives and superlatives

Atlantic, unlike other Romance languages, maintained the synthetic forms for comparatives and superlatives, though it still uses the common Romance analytic forms in less formal styles:

  • Formal:
    Lucia i Tecra funt oltos. "Lucy and Thecla are tall."
    Tecra ê olxura pu Lucia. "Thecla is taller than Lucy."
    Tecra ê olxissima. "Thecla is the tallest one."
  • Informal:
    Tecra ê prus olta pu Lucia. "Thecla is taller than Lucy."
    Tecra ê la prus olta. "Thecla is the tallest one."

In some mostly set phrases, the synthetic comparatives are always used, like in Il Monti Chandiḍ ê il monti olxissim di Jolya i Iṭolya. "Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in France and Italy" (never, while grammatically correct, "ê il monti prus olt").
Analytic comparatives use prus "more" (or miny "less"), the adjective, and pu introducing the comparison term (the latter also in synthetic comparatives). Analytic superlatives use the article before prus or miny, while synthetic comparatives never use the article.

Synthetic comparatives are, for all adjectives, second declension adjectives formed with -iuri (with i assimilating to the previous consonant):

Singular: arun olxuri, turi olxura, nimal olxuri "taller student", "taller tower", "taller animal"
Plural: arunis olxuris, turis olxuris, nimalya olxura "taller students", "taller towers", "taller animals"

Adjectives in -rCi or -lCi typically have -Criuri (e.g. charilbi "famous" → ciribriuri "more famous")

For most adjectives, synthetic superlatives are first declension adjectives in -issim:

Singular: arun olxissim, turi olxissima, nimal olxissim "tallest student", "tallest tower", "tallest animal"
Plural: arunis olxissimus, turis olxissimos, nimalya olxissima "tallest students", "tallest towers", "tallest animals"

Adjectives in -rCi or -lCi (-ER in Latin) form the superlative in -iarim, e.g. charilbiciribiarim "most famous".
Adjectives in -iri (-ILIS in Latin) form the superlative in -ilyim, e.g. faxiri "easy" → faxilyim "easiest".

Irregular forms

Some adjectives exclusively have synthetic forms which are irregular or suppletive. Often, Atlantic replaced the positive grade with a different adjective, similar to other Romance languages (as in PRESSUM, VETULUM, MINŪTUM instead of PROPINQUUM, SENEM, PARVUM), but kept the irregular forms, adding more suppletion.

Adjective Positive Comparative Superlative
bon (dial. buan) (good') milyuri (better) utim (dial. oitim, autim) (best)
mal (bad, evil') pijuri (worse) pessim (worst)
grandi (great, large) mojuri (greater) maxim (greatest)
minuṭ (dial. parv) (small) minuri (lesser) minim (least)
murt (dial. mult) (much, many) prus (more) plurim (most)
press (near, close) prupiuri (nearer) proxim (nearest, next)
postir (next, future, following) postiriuri (later) postrim (last, latest)
vialt (dial. velt) (old, aged) sinyuri (or an. prus vialt) (older, elder) sinissim ('oldest, eldest')
juvini (young, youthful) junyuri (or an. prus juvini) (younger) junissim ('youngest')

Articles, demonstratives, and possessives

The indefinite article and the possessives are inflected like first declension adjectives; the definite article and the distal demonstrative, however, have a distinct form for the neuter singular.

Type Masculine sg. Neuter sg. Feminine sg.
Neuter pl.
Masculine pl. Feminine pl.
Definite article il lu la lus los
Indefinite article nu una unus unos
This, these (non-distal) lûnc lânc lûsus lôsos
That, those (distal) lûric ludic lâric lûsic lôsic
meu, teu, seu meu ma meus mos
nostr, vestr nostr nostra nostrus nostros

The remaining possessives (eiu, ilur, ilor, ipsur, ipsor), which derive from genitive forms, are not inflected.

Atlantic, unlike other Romance languages with a two-way demonstrative distinction, uses the "proximal" form for medial demonstratives, which is hence termed "non-distal":

Lûnc vixilc pu eu tenyu ê ciruly. "This car that I have is blue." (cf. Italian "Questa macchina che io ho è blu")
Lûnc vixilc pu tu tenis ê ciruly. "That (lit. this) car that you have is blue." (cf. It. "Quella/codesta macchina che tu hai è blu")
Ludic vixilc pu Lucia tenil ê ciruly. "That car that Lucy has is blue." (cf. It. "Quella macchina che ha Lucia è blu")
Correlatives
Demonstrative Relative Interrogative Indefinite relative Indefinite
sit-...-fuaril ar-, arpol
basic lûnc ... pi? (person)
piḍ? (thing)
pi
pu
sit-pi-fuaril
sit-pu-fuaril
arpol un ...
number tantu pol sit-pot-fuaril arpol
type tori pori? ilpori ... sit-pori-fuaril alpori
place where ivi uvi sit-uvi-fuaril arpol uvi
manner sic pundo sit-pundo-fuaril arpol pundo
time nunc pandu sit-pandu-fuaril arpandu

Indefinite relatives follow the noun or whatever they refer to:

Do-m duna cupalca sit-pori-fuaril. "Give me any [kind of] glass/any glass you want."
Iṭurus fimu sit-uvi-fuaril tu viaris. "We will go anywhere you want."

Numerals

Cardinals

1 un (m/n), una (f)
2 du (m/n), dos (f)
3 tris (m/f), tria (n)
4 patol
5 pimpi
6 seix
7 seuti
8 oitu
9 noi
10 dexi
11 undixi
12 duḍixi
13 triḍixi
14 paturdixi
15 pindixi
16 siḍixi
17 seutendixi
18 oituḍixi, arch. duḍi(vi)xinti
19 novendixi, arch. undi(vi)xinti
20 vinti, arch. vixinti
21 vinti un (m/n), vinti una (f)
(...)
30 tirjinto
40 pardointo
50 pimpointo
60 sixointo
70 seutointo
80 oitointo
90 nunointo
100 cent
(...)
200 duxentus (m), duxentos (f), duxenta (n)
300 tircentus (m), tircentos (f), tircenta (n)
400 pardingentus (m), pardingentos (f), pardingenta (n)
500 pingentus (m), pingentos (f), pingenta (n)
600 sixentus (m), sixentos (f), sixenta (n)
700 seutingentus (m), seutingentos (f), seutingenta (n)
800 oitingentus (m), oitingentos (f), oitingenta (n)
900 nungentus (m), nungentos (f), nungenta (n)
1000 mily
x000 ~(n) milya (e.g. 2000 du milya, 3000 tria milya)

Ordinals

Standalone ordinal numerals exist for the units 1-10, for the tens, one hundred, and one thousand:

1st prim
2nd sihund
3rd tiarx
4th port
5th pinyt
6th sest
7th seutim
8th oitov
9th nunim
10th dexim
20th vixisim
30th trixisim
40th pardoxisim
50th pimpoxisim
60th sissoxisim
70th seutoxisim
80th oituxisim
90th nunoxisim
100th cintisim
1000th milyisim

Intermediate numbers combine the ordinals of units with the ones of the tens or the immediately preceding non-zero digit, with the remaining part being the same as the cardinal:

11th dexim prim
37th trixisim seutim
103rd centisim tiarx
119th cent dexim nunim
200th sihund cintisim
240th du cintisim pardoxisim
244th duxenta pardoxisim port
1006th milyisim sest
1116th mily cent dexim sest
3000th tiarx milyisim
3900th tria milya nunim cintisim
3970th tria milya noi cintisim seutoxisim
3975th tria milya nungenta seutoxisim pinyt

In informal spoken language, however, for numbers from 21 onwards except those with standalone forms, it is common for all digits but the last to be cardinal, e.g. vinti prim for 21st or duxenta pimpointo sest for "256th".

Pronouns

The Atlantic pronoun system has less forms than Latin does, but is still (clitic system aside) more complex than other Romance languages. A peculiarity, shared with a few languages such as older forms of Italian, is that there is an animacy distinction in the third person pronouns, with animate forms derived from the Latin demonstratives (ILLUM, cf. It. egli, ella), and the inanimate ones derived from the emphatics (IPSUM, cf. It. esso, essa).

Person & Class / Case Nominative Accusative Oblique Possessive
Full Clitic1 Full Clitic1
1SG eu mi -(u)m mivi -(u)mi meu
2SG tu ti -(u)t tivi -(u)ti teu
3SG Animate Masculine ilu -ru, -lu2 li -(u)l eiu
Feminine ila -ra, -la2
Inanimate Masculine ipsu -(s)u si -si
Neuter
Feminine ipsa -(s)a
1PL nus -(u)n nuis -(u)nuv nostr
2SG vus -(u)v vuis -(u)vuv vestr
3SG Animate Masculine ilus -rus, -lus1 lis -ris, -lis1 ilur
Feminine ilos -ros, -los1 ilor
Inanimate Masculine ipsus -(s)us sis -sis ipsur
Neuter ipsa -(s)a
Feminine ipsos -(s)os ipsor
Refl. si -(u)s sivi -(u)si seu

Table notes:

  1. When preceding any clitic, third person singular -l becomes -t (e.g. ilu viḍil "he sees", ilu viḍit-un "he sees us").
  2. The forms with -l- are used after consonants, except for t, d, or n; those with -r- after vowels and the previously mentioned consonants.

For courtesy forms, traditionally the locution la sinyuria is used (e.g. la sinyuria dixil "you [formal] say"), with third person singular agreement no matter if the referent is plural or singular. Among younger generations, French influence has made vus (e.g. vus dixiṭi as the formal equivalent of tu dixis) also common as a courtesy form.

The accusative and indirect forms most commonly used are the clitic ones. The full forms are used for emphasis and after prepositions.

  • Heri viḍi-ru "I saw him yesterday"
  • Heri viḍi-ra "I saw her yesterday"
  • Heri viḍis-lu "You saw him yesterday"
  • Cros daṭur-um iaris dil cuḍixi? "Will you give me the book tomorrow?" (note that Atlantic is secundative!)
  • Cros daṭur-li iaris? "Will you give that tomorrow?"
  • Du-ru dil cuḍixi "I give him the book"
  • Lu vos agroxa-mi "I like the vase"
  • Custiṭil-umi pardointo dinoris. "It cost me 40 denarii"

Furthermore, there are the two weak adverbial pronouns an and iv. The former is used to replace indefinite, quantitative, and ablative expressions, as well as arguments introduced by di; the latter replaces locative and lative ones:

  • Parlantis iromu dâ nova taviarna di vistimenta "we were talking about the new clothing shop" → Parlantis an iromu "we were talking about it"
  • Amiṭa ma tenil pimpi virocha vosa sininsa "my aunt has five real Chinese vases" → Amiṭa ma an tenil pimpi "my aunt has five of them"
  • Tenis una tauleta? "do you have a tablet" – Oc, an tenyu (una) "yes, I have (one)"
  • Amix meu fuara voil e insura "my friend goes out of the apartment" → Amix meu fuara an voil "my friend goes out of it"
  • Iṭur sungu nôs Aṭinos "I will go to Athens" → Iv iṭur sungu "I will go there"
  • Iaris nôs Sirohusos? "Are you in Syracuse?" → Oc, iv sungu "Yes, I am there"

Prepositions

(TBA)

  • di — of; also introduces themes of ditransitive verbs and the arguments of certain verbs. It also translates "about, concerning of".
    Ê la suari di Mateu. "it's Matthew's sister."
    Frolti meu dat-um vos. "my brother gives me the vase"
    Oc, quior ê pu memini di Lucia! "yes, of course I remember Lucy!"
    Ê nu cuḍixi Bialya Puniha. "It is a book about the Punic Wars."
    Los ninyos nila cholyi cînt di trasmirgimenta prûs ambrantis. "The stripes in the road are called by the name of 'crossing for pedestrians'."
    Nila taviarna apiri-m di oly, pon insifiḍ, arpol uva, tir, i orivos. "In the shop I buy oil, salt-less bread, some grapes, cheese, and olives."
    Filyuar meu dimandovit-um dôs noviṭoṭis. "My son asked me about the news/what's new."
    Turi-t dil pon. "I brought you the bread."
  • aḍ – expresses motion to or state in certain places. Typically, some nouns require aḍ, usually public services, islands[7], or open spaces, plus singular names of cities and plural countries, while others require in. It also introduces gerunds.
    Sungu â staxuni. "I am at the station."
    Voḍu aḍ Midran. "I'm going to Milan."
    Suari ma vivil aḍ Britonya. "My sister lives in Great Britain."
    Nil anu proxim iṭur sungu âlos Sinos. "Next year I'll go to China."
    Ê sis mexa hura aḍ atendiri âlus missus. "He said he waited half an hour at the post office."
  • in — expresses motion to or state in certain places, including most closed buildings, singular countries, and plural names of cities (the reverse of aḍ). It also introduces many expressions of time.
    Sungu nila taviarna. "I am in the shop."
    Voḍu in Grecia. "I am going to Greece."
    Suari ma vivil nôs Sirohusos. "My sister lives in Syracuse."
    Nil anu proxim iṭur sungu âlos Sinos. "Next year I'll go to China."
  • e — expresses motion from (ablative), as well as "from" when referring to a time back in the past. It is also used for derivation or specifying a material, as well as translating "of" when it implies the result of something:
    Fuara voḍu êxa staxuni. "I go out of the station."
    Cros rivertu e Londiny. "I'm coming back from London tomorrow."
    Lûnc fuxili ê êxu Sihund Bialy Glubori. "This rifle is from World War II."
    Lânc charṭeda ê e foj. "This chair is made of beech wood."
    Los nimbos rumonxos provenint êxu laṭin. "Romance languages are derived from Latin."
    Frigiranta, congiranta, iscarfomenta. La mirolca êxu elaso. "Fridges, freezers, heating. Wonders of progress."
  • cu — expresses an instrument or a comitative argument.
    July secal arbolis sihuri. "Julius cuts trees with the axe."
    Prefiaru scriviri cuna pena. "I prefer to write with a pen."
    Trubu cu Tecra. "I sing with Thecla."
  • tras — through; among (in this case usually without article); expresses the agent in passive sentences.
    Duhu trâu chastr. "I drive through the city."
    Tecra ê la arumma mais chandinta tras crassi. "Thecla is the best/most clever student in the class."
    Lânc faita spunsa fiarunt trâl guviarn. "These deeds were promised by the government."
    Lus cuḍixis hoi aḍeut doṭ tras Mateu. "The books have been given to me by Matthew."
    Ila difusit-us surxoitoṭa trâ proṭista. "She was left surprised by the protest."
    When the focus is on walking through something, or the means of transport is stated, the construction of a motion verb + tras + indirect object is typically replaced by the transitive verb trasmergiri "to cross":
    Voḍu trâ cholyi (in peḍis/cu aḍ ambrori) "I cross the road (on foot)" → Trasmergu la chalyi.
    Duhimu trâ Hilvixa "We drive across [the whole of] Switzerland" → Trasmirgimu la Hilvixa (in vixilc).
  • incop — on, over:
    Iv ê nivi incopa teita dûs eḍifixus. "There is snow on the roofs of buildings."
    Nuiros vuarant incopu chastr. "Clouds fly/float over the city."
    Il chat durmil incopil leit. "The cat is sleeping on the bed."
  • sut — below, under; with names of regnants/governors used for "during the reign/government of":
    Il chat cucoṭ ê sutta taula. "The cat is lying under the table."
    Lûnc chastr custruch fuch sut Troion. "This city was founded during the reign of Trajan."
    Non inviniva pass il curtialy, siḍ iaral suttu tistulc. "I couldn't find the knife, but it was under the napkin."
  • pro – for, for the benefit of; for measures. Also used as a conjunction with a supine meaning (but ut is preferred in formal usage):
    Lânc flura funt pro tivi. "These flowers are for you."
    Los ninyos nila cholyi cînt di trasmirgimenta prûs ambrantis. "The stripes in the road are called by the name of 'crossing for pedestrians'."
    Bilyomu prâ gluria di Ruma! "We fight for the glory of Rome!"
    Lânc ê una hilnyura pro nu litr di cirivixa. "This is a glass [that can contain] one litre of beer."
    Faitur-u sungu nunc, pro cros haviri prus temp feiror. "I'll do it now, in order to have more free time tomorrow."
    Filyuara ma dimandovit-um pro eu dixissi la aliteia. "My daughter asked me to tell [her] the objective truth."
    La leva dâ agora proposiṭ hal una lixi prûs direitus varihoṭus. "It seems that the left in Parliament has proposed a law for LGBT rights."
  • groxa — thanks to, because of + positive experience (< GRĀTIĀ, with pre-Atlantic shortening of the final vowel)
    Dinoji iv funt miny muartis nilu cunolb groxa lus eurimenis nila iatria. "Today there are less [cases of] death during infancy, thanks to the discoveries in medical science."
    Groxa lu bon etiri heri vosimu âlu mari. "Because of the nice weather we went to the sea yesterday."
    Inteligi-su groxa stuxa ma. "I understand it because of my studies/what I studied."
  • estra, meaning "outside" (stative), also figuratively:
    Aṭendu estra la ircexa. "I wait outside the church."
    Nila seumona proxima sissur sungu estra la tiara. "Next week I'll be abroad (lit. "outside the land")."
    Lûnc ê estra ofixa ta. "This isn't part of your duties (lit. "this is outside your duties")."
  • adrint, meaning "near" (in space or time)
    Lus missus funt adrint monxuni ma. "The post office is near my house."
    Fimu adrintâ Risureuxuni. "We are close to Easter. / Easter is near."
    Midran siṭ ê adrintil nimiṭi hilviṭih. "Milan is close to the border with Switzerland."
  • circ, meaning "around":
    Lu helicoptero vuaral circû chastr. "The helicopter flies around the city."
    Ambromu circâ pratia. "We walk around the square."
    Circ los curios dil guviarn fuch una massa di pirsunos cu aḍ proṭistori. "Around the governmental offices there was a crowd of people protesting."
  • siny, meaning "without". The siḍiri + siny structure (to be without) is frequently used where English prefers "to have no":
    Lânc caramela funt siny gliqui. "These sweets are sugar-free (lit. "without sugar").
    No possun pass viviri siny tivi! "I can't live without you!"
    Sungu siny pihunya. "I have no money (lit. "I am without money")."
    Avulc meu ê siny infantis. "My uncle has no children."
  • cis, meaning "before", also introducing subordinate clauses with subjunctive.
    Lus missus funt cîsa taviarna. "The post office is before the shop."
    Fuṭur ê cîsa dominiha. "It will be/happen before Sunday."
    Faxi-su cis nus rivirtomu! "Do it before we come back!"
  • uls, meaning "after" (in time or introducing subordinates) or "beyond".
    La taviarna ê ursus missus. "The shop is after/beyond the post office."
    Fuṭur ê ursa dominiha. "It will be/happen after Sunday."
    Nito tutijurn lus dentis uls tu manxos! "Always brush your teeth after eating."
    Faitur-u sungu uls eu finya. "I'll do it after I finish [this]."

Table of contractions

→ Preposition
↓ Article
di aḍ in e cu tras incop sut pro adrint circ cis uls
il dil âl nil exil cul trâl incopil sut il prôl adrintil circûl cis il ursil
lu âlu nilu êxu trâu incopu suttu prû adrintû circû cîsu ursu
la â nila êxa trâ incopa sutta prâ adrintâ circâ cîsa ursa
lus dûs âlus nûs êxus cu lus
(arch.) cûllus
trâus incopus suttus prûs adrintûs circ lus cîsus ursus
los dôs âlos nôs êxos cu los
(arch.) cûllos
trôs incopos suttos prôs adrintôs circ los cîsos ursos
nu dun ân nun exun cun tras un incop un sut un pro un adrint un circ un cis un uls un
una duna âna nuna exuna cuna tras una incop una sut una pro una adrint una circ una cis una uls una

Adverbs

(TBA)

Some locational adverbs have two distinct forms: one of them lative and the other stative:

English Lative Stative
Outside fuara difuara
Inside intra dintra
(formerly written dîntra)
Here aïvi ivi
There aloc iloc
In front of âfronti difronti
Behind âretru diretru

Verbs

Verbs generally have six moods: three finite (indicative, subjunctive, imperative) and three non-finite ones (infinitive, participle, gerundive). Unlike other Romance languages, Atlantic did not develop a conditional mood.

The indicative and subjunctive are composed of various simple tenses plus other compound ones, while the other moods only have a few forms (the imperative) in a single tense, or have a simple tense and a compound one. The indicative simple tenses are present, imperfect, past (from the Latin perfect), and past perfect. The subjunctive only has three: present, imperfect (from the Latin past perfect subj.), and future (from Latin future perfect ind.) - the origin of the various tenses is therefore the same as in other languages like Portuguese.

Verbs in Atlantic are typically cited with three or four principal parts: the infinitive, the 1sg present indicative, the 1sg past indicative, and the past participle; unlike Latin, but like other Romance languages, the infinitive and not the 1sg present indicative is used as citation form. The 1sg present indicative is mostly needed in cases where the root had a short E in Latin which is stressed (and kept or broken) in the 1sg present indicative form, but unstressed in the infinitive (where it therefore became /i/). An example is the verb irori "to make a mistake" ← ERRĀRE, whose 1sg present indicative form is iaruERRŌ (cf. cinsiri "to think" (← CĒNSĒRE) and cinsi "I think" (← CĒNSEŌ), where this does not happen due to the different original vowel).

Only the first conjugation is still productive, and it is also the one with the fewest irregular verbs (most verbs in it have the same root in all principal parts).

First conjugation

The first conjugation includes verbs whose infinitive ends in -ori (← -ĀRE).

First conjugation, simple tenses: amori, amu, amovi, amoṭ "to love"
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG amu amova amovi amiara ami amoissi amiaru
2SG amos amovos amoisti amiaros amis amoissis amiaris amo
3SG amal amoval amovil amiaral amil amoissil amiaril amil
1PL amomu amovomu amoimu ameromu amimu amoissimu amerimu amimu
2PL amoṭi amovoṭi amoisti ameroṭi amiṭi amoissiṭi ameriṭi amoṭi
3PL amant amovant amoirunt amiarant amint amoissint amiarint amint
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
amanti amoṭ amoṭur amand amori

Second conjugation

The second conjugation includes three slightly different patterns, as sound changes coalesced the latter three conjugations of Latin mostly into similar forms. The infinitive for all second conjugation verbs ends in -iri, stressed for those that continue the 2nd and 4th Latin conjugations (← -ĒRE, -IRE) and unstressed for the others, continuing the 3rd conjugation of Latin (← -ERE).

  1. The first pattern continues the second conjugation, and has -e- as the thematic vowel in the participles and -i- in the 1SG and 3PL present indicative inflections;
  2. The second pattern continues the third conjugation, and also has -e- as thematic vowel for the participles, but -u- in the 1SG and 3PL present indicative inflections;
  3. The third pattern, continuing the fourth conjugation, always has -i- as thematic vowel in both participles and 1SG/3PL present indicative.

Few second conjugation verbs are completely regular, and some of them have a fifth principal part, namely the subjunctive present, whose stem has often being modified by diachronically regular palatalization of the last consonant in many verbs (as in sponxa (← SPONDEAM) for the verb spondiri) or sporadic metaphony in a few others (as in cemba (← CAMBIAM) for the verb chambiri). Most second conjugation verbs, furthermore, have a different stem in the perfect, usually inherited from Latin (cf. for the two verbs above spondi "I declare", spofondi "I declared" (← SPONDEŌ, SPOPONDĪ) and chambi "I change", chansi "I changed" (← CAMBIŌ, CAMPSĪ)). There are therefore two different possible exits for the 1SG and 3SG in the perfect, usually depending on how it was conjugated in Latin:

  1. Latin perfects in -ĒVĪ, -VĪ, -ĪVĪ: -ei, -isti, -eil, -imu, -isti, -irunt
  2. All other verbs: -i, -isti, -il, -imu, -isti, -irunt

The regular past participle for all second conjugation verbs is -iṭ (← -ITUM, -ĪTUM), but many verbs have irregular forms. The future participle for all verbs is formed by adding -ur to the past participle.

Second conjugation (pattern 1), simple tenses: spondiri, spondi, spofondi, spuns(, sponxa) "to declare"
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG spondi spondiva spofondi spofondiara sponxa spofondissi spofondiaru
2SG spondis spondivos spofondisti spofondiaros sponxos spofondissis spofondiaris spondi
3SG spondil spondival spofondil spofondiaral sponxal spofondissil spofondiaril sponxal
1PL spondimu spondivomu spofondimu spofonderomu sponxomu spofondissimu spofonderimu sponxomu
2PL spondiṭi spondivoṭi spofondisti spofonderoṭi sponxoṭi spofondissiṭi spofonderiṭi spondiṭi
3PL spondint spondivant spofondirunt spofondiarant sponxant spofondissint spofondiarint sponxant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
spondenti spuns spunsur spondend spondiri
Second conjugation (pattern 2), simple tenses: tangiri, tangu, tiṭigi, toit "to touch"
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG tangu tangiva tiṭigi tiṭijara tanga tiṭigissi tiṭijaru
2SG tangis tangivos tiṭigisti tiṭijaros tangos tiṭigissis tiṭijaris tangi
3SG tangil tangival tiṭigil tiṭijaral tangal tiṭigissil tiṭijaril tangal
1PL tangimu tangivomu tiṭigimu tiṭigeromu tangomu tiṭigissimu tiṭigerimu tangomu
2PL tangiṭi tangivoṭi tiṭigisti tiṭigeroṭi tangoṭi tiṭigissiṭi tiṭigeriṭi tangiṭi
3PL tangunt tangivant tiṭigirunt tiṭijarant tangant tiṭigissint tiṭijarint tangant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
tangenti toit toitur tangend tangiri
Second conjugation (pattern 3), simple tenses: chambiri, chambi, chansi, chambiṭ(, cemba) "to touch"
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG chambi chambiva chansi chanxara cemba chansissi chanxaru
2SG chambis chambivos chansisti chanxaros cembos chansissis chanxaris chambi
3SG chambil chambival chansil chanxaral cembal chansissil chanxaril cembal
1PL chambimu chambivomu chansimu chanseromu cembomu chansissimu chanserimu cembomu
2PL chambiṭi chambivoṭi chansisti chanseroṭi cemboṭi chansissiṭi chanseriṭi chambiṭi
3PL chambint chambivant chansirunt chanxarant cembant chansissint chanxarint cembant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
chambinti chambiṭ chambiṭur chambind chambiri

The verb fairi (← FACERE), faxu, fixi, fait "to do, make" is a regular pattern 2 second conjugation verb, except for it having contracted forms in the infinitive and in the 2SG and 3SG indicative present; all other forms are regular. The same principle extends to the same forms of the verb voiri (← VĀDERE) "to go", however, it is irregular due to suppletion in other moods and tenses.

Inchoative verbs all follow the second pattern, and their infinitive ends in unstressed -esciri [-ˈɛstɕiri]. Their past always has [-sk-]] (e.g. amesqui "I started to love", amesquisti "you started to love"), and their past participles are regular -esciṭ, -esciṭur. Most of them are derived by other verbs, but some have unique meanings (e.g. cunyussesciri "to meet someone for the first time", or locutions with impersonal verbs such as (tempora) hiviarnescunt "winter is starting" (lit. "times start to winter")).

To be (siḍiri), to have (haviri), and other irregular verbs

The verbs "to be" (siḍiriASSIDĒRE, most of the conjugation from SUM, parts from FĪŌ, participles also from ASSIDEŌ) and "to have" (haviriHABĒRE) are irregular. The former is deeply suppletive (inheriting many irregularities from Latin); the latter is functionally a pattern 1 second conjugation verb with widespread irregularities due to contraction and analogy.

"To be", simple tenses: siḍiri, sungu, fui, sis
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG sungu iara fui fiara siu
fïa
fussi fiaru
2SG iaris iaros fusti fiaros sis
fïos
fussis fiaris es
3SG ê iaral fuch fiaral sil
fïal
fussil fiaril fïal
1PL fimu iromu fuimu firomu simu
fiomu
fussimu firimu fiomu
2PL fiṭi iroṭi fusti firoṭi siṭi
fioṭi
fussiṭi firiṭi esti
3PL funt iarant ferunt fiarant sint
fïant
fussint fiarint fïant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
siḍenti sis sissur
fuṭur
siḍend siḍiri

Of the two future participles, sissur is used when in a locative sense, otherwise fuṭur is used. In the present subjunctive, the fïa ones are used when the meaning is optative, which leads to them being used as imperatives:

  • Spiru pu fioṭi sihurus. "I hope you may be safe." (cf. spiru pu siṭi sihurus which makes the sentence assume the alternate meaning of sihur, "sure" - "I hope you are sure")
  • Fioṭi sihurus! "May you be safe!"
  • Esti sihurus! "Be safe!"
"To have", simple tenses: haviri, hoi, hoibi, haiṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG hoi hiva hoibi haviara heia hoibissi haviaru
2SG hais hivos hoibisti haviaros heios hoibissis haviaris hai
3SG hal hival hoibil haviaral heial hoibissil haviaril heial
1PL havimu hivomu hoibimu haveromu heiomu hoibissimu haverimu heiomu
2PL haviṭi hivoṭi hoibisti haveroṭi heioṭi hoibissiṭi haveriṭi haviṭi
3PL hant hivant hoibirunt haviarant heiant hoibissint haviarint heiant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
haventi haiṭ haiṭur havend haviri

Note that, exclusively when expressing possession, the regular verb tiniri is usually the preferred one for "to have", e.g. tenyu du infantis = hoi du infantis "I have two children".

The verb dori (to give) has a monoconsonantal stem, except for 1SG present indicative which is extended like in siḍiri:

"To give", simple tenses: dori, dungu, deḍi, doṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG dungu dova deḍi diḍiara den diḍissi diḍiaru
2SG dos dovos deḍisti diḍiaros dis diḍissis diḍiaris do
3SG dal doval deḍil diḍiaral del diḍissil diḍiaril del
1PL damu dovomu diḍimu diḍiromu dimu diḍissimu diḍirimu dimu
2PL daṭi dovoṭi diḍisti diḍiroṭi diṭi diḍissiṭi diḍiriṭi daṭi
3PL dant dovant diḍirunt diḍiarant dent diḍissint diḍiarint dent
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
donti doṭ doṭur dand dori

The verb stori, stungu, steṭi, staṭ (to stand) follows the same conjugation; however, it is literary, replaced in parts of its conjugation by sistiri, sistu, steṭi, staṭ:

"To stand", simple tenses: sistiri, sistu, steṭi, staṭ ~ stori, stungu, steṭi, staṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG sistu
stungu
sistiva
stova
steṭi stiṭiara sista
sten
stiṭissi stiṭiaru
2SG sistis
stos
sistivos
stovos
steṭisti stiṭiaros sistos
stis
stiṭissis stiṭiaris sto
3SG sistil
stal
sistival
stoval
steṭil stiṭiaral sistal
stel
stiṭissil stiṭiaril sistal
stel
1PL sistimu
stamu
sistivomu
stovomu
stiṭimu stiṭiromu sistomu
stimu
stiṭissimu stiṭirimu sistomu
stimu
2PL sistiṭi
staṭi
sistivoṭi
stovoṭi
stiṭisti stiṭiroṭi sistoṭi
stiṭi
stiṭissiṭi stiṭiriṭi staṭi
3PL sistunt
stant
sistivant
stovant
stiṭirunt stiṭiarant sistant
stent
stiṭissint stiṭiarint sistant
stent
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
sistenti
stonti
staṭ staṭur sistend
stand
sistiri
stori

The verb fiariri (to bring) has regular inflections (except for 2SG and 3SG present indicative and 2SG/2PL imperative), but is suppletive:

"To bring", simple tenses: fiariri, fiaru, turi, loṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG fiaru firiva turi turiara fiara turissi turiaru
2SG fiars firivos turisti turiaros fiaros turissis turiaris fiar
3SG fiart firival turil turiaral fiaral turissil turiaril fiaral
1PL firimu firivomu turimu tureromu firomu turissimu turerimu fiaromu
2PL firiṭi firivoṭi turisti tureroṭi firoṭi turissiṭi tureriṭi fiarti
3PL fiarunt firivant turirunt turiarant fiarant turissint turiarint fiarant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
firenti loṭ loṭur firend fiariri

The verb oiri (to speak, say, tell) is an Atlantic innovation, suppletive as made from three Latin roots - ĀIŌ, LOQUOR, and FOR:

"To speak, say, tell", simple tenses: oiri, fual(, lofiva), ai(, fial), lohuṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG fual lofiva ai lofiara fial' lofissi lofiaru
2SG foris lofivos aîsti lofiaros firis lofissis lofiaris fori
3SG foril lofival ail lofiaral firil lofissil lofiaril firil
1PL fomu lofivomu aîmu loferomu fimu lofissimu loferimu fimu
2PL fomiṭi lofivoṭi aîsti loferoṭi fimiṭi lofissiṭi loferiṭi fomiṭi
3PL fant lofivant aîrunt lofiarant fent lofissint lofiarint fent
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
lofenti lohuṭ lohuṭur lofend oiri

The verb possiri (to be able to), mostly inherited from POSSUM, POSSE, unlike other verbs, wasn't regularized and even lost forms, so that it is defective and relies on participles for all forms except for the present and imperfect indicative and the non-finite ones:

"To be able to", simple tenses: possiri, possun, —, potiṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG possun poṭiara potiṭ sungu potiṭ iara poṭenti siu potiṭ fussi potiṭur siu
potiṭ fiaru
2SG poṭis poṭiaros potiṭ iaris potiṭ iaros poṭenti sis potiṭ fussis potiṭur sis
potiṭ fiaris
3SG poṭ poṭiaral potiṭ ê potiṭ iaral poṭenti sil potiṭ fussil potiṭur sil
potiṭ fiaril
1PL possumu poṭiromu potiṭus fimu potiṭus iromu poṭentis simu potiṭus fussimu potiṭurus simu
potiṭus firimu
2PL poṭesti poṭiroṭi potiṭus fiṭi potiṭus iroṭi poṭentis siṭi potiṭus fussiṭi potiṭurus siṭi
potiṭus firiṭi
3PL possunt poṭiarant potiṭus funt potiṭus iarant poṭentis sint potiṭus fussint potiṭurus sint
potiṭus fiarint
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
poṭenti potiṭ potiṭur poṭend possiri

The verb vialyiri "to want" is irregular, inherited from Latin:

"To want", simple tenses: vialyiri, vuaru, vuli, voriṭ
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG vuaru voriva vuli vulyara viari vulissi vulyaru
2SG vis vorivos vulisti vulyaros viaris vulissis vulyaris vialy
3SG vult vorival vulil vulyaral viaril vulissil vulyaril viaril
1PL vorumu vorivomu vulimu vuleromu virimu vulissimu vulerimu virimu
2PL vultis vorivoṭi vulisti vuleroṭi viriṭi vulissiṭi vuleriṭi vialyiṭi
3PL vuarunt vorivant vulirunt vulyarant viarint vulissint vulyarint viarint
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
vorenti voriṭ voriṭur vorend vialyiri

The verb voiri (to go) is a new suppletive from two different Latin verbs, VĀDERE (which gives the infinitive, present participle, indicative present, indicative past, and the imperative) and ĪRE. The infinitive is a contracted form from earlier voḍiri (cf. fairi from faxiri).

"To go", simple tenses: voiri, voḍu, (iva,) vosi, (ira,) iṭ(, ja)
Person Indicative Subjunctive Imperative
Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Present Imperfect Future
1SG voḍu iva vosi ira ja issi iru
2SG vois ivos vosisti iros jos issis iris voi
3SG voil ival vosil iral jal issil iril jal
1PL voḍimu ivomu vosimu iromu jomu issimu irimu jomu
2PL voḍiṭi ivoṭi vosisti iroṭi joṭi issiṭi iriṭi voḍiṭi
3PL voḍunt ivant vosirunt irant jant issint irint jant
Pres. participle Past participle Future participle Gerundive Infinitive
voḍenti iṭ iṭur ivund voiri

Deponent verbs

Deponent and defective verbs have been partially regularized, that is, they have been rendered true active verbs in the present and imperfect indicative and in the subjunctive, but only have analytic forms for the past and pluperfect. Therefore, they all look like Latin semi-deponent verbs.
All deponent verbs in Atlantic are of the second pattern (unstressed) -iri verbs.

There are less deponent verbs than in Latin, but most of them are quite commonly used:

  • aḍipisciri "to get, obtain" (also auxiliary) ~ aḍipiscu, aḍeut
  • fruiri "to enjoy" ~ fruu, fruit
  • groltiri "to thank" ~ groltu, groṭ (dialectally non-deponent groltori/groṭurori, groltu/groṭuru, groltovi/groṭurovi, groṭuroṭ)
  • ispiariri "to experience" ~ ispiaru, ispiart
  • meminiri "to remember" ~ memini, mimint
  • obrivisciri "to forget" ~ obriviscu, obriṭ
  • opiniri "to think, judge" ~ opinu, opinoṭ (dialectally non-deponent opinori, opinu, opinovi, opinoṭ)
  • oriri "to appear" ~ oriu, ort

Periphrastic forms

Atlantic verbs, in addition to the synthetic forms listed above, conjugate using an array of periphrastic forms, here with trubori "to sing"[8] as an example verb:

  • Present continuous: present participle + present of siḍiri
    e.g. trubanti sungu "I'm singing"
  • Past continuous: present participle + imperfect of siḍiri
    e.g. trubanti iara "I was singing"
  • Past reportative (for most verbs) / simple past (for formerly deponent verbs): past participle + present of haviri (transitive verbs)/siḍiri (intransitive)
    e.g. truboṭ hal "[it's said that] (s)he sang" — aḍeut hoi "I got" — iṭ ê "[it's said that] (s)he went"
  • Pluperfect reportative (for most verbs) / pluperfect (for formerly deponent verbs): past participle + imperfect of haviri (transitive verbs)/siḍiri (intransitive)
    e.g. truboṭ hival "[it's said that] (s)he had sung" — aḍeut hiva "I had got" — iṭ iaral "[it's said that] (s)he had gone"
  • Future: future active participle + present of siḍiri
    e.g. truboṭur sungu "I will sing"
  • Future perfect: future active participle + iṭur (or fuṭur) + present of siḍiri
    e.g. truboṭur iṭur/fuṭur sungu "I will have sung"

The passive forms are also formed periphrastically, with a passive participle and the corresponding forms of siḍiri:

  • Present: truboṭ ê "it is [being] sung"
  • Imperfect: truboṭ iaral "it was [being] sung"
  • Past: truboṭ fuch "it has been/was sung"
  • Pluperfect: truboṭ fiaral "it had been sung"
  • Future: truband ê "it will be sung"
  • Future perfect: truband iṭur/fuṭur ê "it will have been sung"

Some verbs like cîri "to call, name", or verbs such as apiri-s "to buy" when used reflexively (see below for that case), are intransitive and can't build an actual passive, but a passive meaning form is made by using the third person plural, e.g. cînt-u di amuri "it is called 'love' ~ they call it 'love'".

Uniquely among Romance languages, Atlantic has "pseudo-passive" forms which use aḍipisciri (to get, deponent) as an auxiliary verb: they are used with ditransitive verbs, and cast focus on the theme, as Atlantic being secundative means that in true passive forms it's the recipient which becomes subject. However, unlike in true passive forms, the theme is not the subject, and the verb conjugates for the (usually unstated) recipient:

  • Present: aḍipiscu doṭ "it is given [to me]"
  • Imperfect: aḍipisciva doṭ "it was given [to me]"
  • Past: hoi aḍeut doṭ "it has been/was given [to me]"
  • Pluperfect: hiva aḍeut doṭ "it was been given [to me]"
  • Future: aḍeutur sungu doṭ "it will be given [to me]"
  • Future perfect: aḍeutur iṭur/fuṭur sungu doṭ "it will have been given [to me]"

Compare the three forms in this examples:

  • Active: Lucia deḍil Francisc dûs cuḍixis.
    Lucia (subj.) gave Francis (recip.; obj.) the books (theme; ind. obj.).
  • Passive: Francisc doṭ fuch lus cuḍixis tras Lucia.
    Francis (subj.) was given the books (obj.) by Lucia (agent).
  • Pseudo-passive: Lus cuḍixis hal aḍeutus doṭus Francisc tras Lucia.
    The books (synt. obj.) were given to Francis (subj.) by Lucia (agent).

In the last sentence, we can note that the auxiliary form of haviri is in the third person singular, agreeing with "Francis", while the participles are masculine plural, agreeing with "the books".

Some verbs often used in the reflexive, like the above mentioned apiri-s "to buy" (its actual object is the beneficiary, which is treated as being reflexive in the majority of cases this verb is used in, e.g. apiri-m di arpol pon "I buy [myself] some bread"), are actually ditransitive and follow the same argument pattern as dori, and are usually passivized in all three ways, with the third person plural being predominant when there's no stated agent:

  • Apirunt-us di tria quilugrama di orisa. "Three kilograms of rice are bought."
  • Apisiṭ fui dil pon tras mama ma. "I have been bought the bread by mom."
  • Il pon hoi aḍeut apisiṭ tras mama ma. "The bread has been bought for me by mom."

Epistemic modality is expressed through the use of four invariable verbal forms, grammaticalized and heavily-worn Latin passives. In order of probability, they are cisvul (← CĒNSĒBATUR), ciul (← CĒNSĒTUR), viril (← VIDĒRĒTUR) and viol (← VIDEĀTUR):

  • Lucia trubanti cisvul. "Lucy might be singing."
  • Troion comiḍenti ciul. "Trajan may be eating."
  • Deura durminti viril. "Deborah should be sleeping/probably sleeps."
  • Cornily scinti viol. "Cornelius must know [about it]."

Syntax

Conditional sentences

Not having a conditional mood, unlike most other Romance languages, Atlantic uses the indicative or the subjunctive mood in conditional clauses. The if-clause is introduced by si:

Si vois aḍ Midran, visur iaris il Dom.
[si‿ˈvwas am‿miˈdran viˈzur ˌjaris iɮ‿ˈdɔm]
if. go.IND.PRES.2SG. to. Milan. see.PART.FUT.MASC.SG. be.IND.PRES.2SG. DEF.MASC.SG. cathedral.SG.
If you go to Milan, you'll see the Domm.
Si incharis la afa uls cent graḍus, bulyiṭura ê.
[s‿inˈtɕaris l‿ˈafa ˈulus ˌtɕɛŋ‿ˈɡraðus bujiˈθura ˌɛ]
if. warm-IND.PRES.2SG. DEF.FEM.SG water.SG. beyond. one_hundred. degree-PL. boil.PART.FUT-FEM.SG. be.IND.PRES.3SG.
If you heat water over 100 degrees, it will boil.
Si iaros, lu iaruri apirceutur iaris.
[si ˈjarɔs lu jaˈruri apirtɕeu̯ˈtur ˌjaris]
if. make_a_mistake-IND.PRES.2SG DEF.NEUT.SG mistake.SG. note.PART.FUT-MASC.SG. be.IND.PRES.2SG.
If you make a mistake, you'll notice it.

Speculative conditional sentences use the past or future subjunctive in their if-clause (as in most Romance languages) and, contrary to sentences such as the above ones, the present (not the future, nor the imperfect) indicative in the main clause:

Si fussi cu fami, voḍu â jonya.
[si ˈfusi ku‿ˈfami ˈvɔðu a‿ˈdʑɔɲa]
if. be.SUBJ.PAST.1SG. with. hunger.SG go.IND.PRES.1SG. to.DEF.FEMM.SG. restaurant.SG.
If I were hungry, I'd go to the restaurant.
Si hoibissimu la pihunya, apirimu-n duna charuha novialya.
[si χwaˈbisimu la piˈχuɲa aˈpirimun duna tɕaˈruχa nɔˈvjaja]
if. have.SUBJ.PAST-1PL. DEF.FEMM.SG. money.SG buy.IND.PRES-1PL.SUBJ=1PL.RECIP. PAT-INDEF.FEMM.SG. car.SG new-FEMM.SG.
If we had [enough] money, we'd buy a new car.
Si haverimu la pihunya, apirimu-n duna charuha novialya.
[si χavɛˈrimu la piˈχuɲa aˈpirimun duna tɕaˈruχa nɔˈvjaja]
if. have.SUBJ.FUT-1PL. DEF.FEMM.SG. money.SG buy.IND.PRES-1PL.SUBJ=1PL.RECIP. PAT-INDEF.FEMM.SG. car.SG new-FEMM.SG.
If we'll have [enough] money, we'll buy a new car.

Past speculative conditionals use the pluperfect subjunctive in the if-clause and the past subjunctive in the main one:

Si heri sisa fussi cu fami, issi â jonya.
[si ˈçeri ˈsisa‿ˌfusi ku‿ˈfami isi a‿ˈdʑɔɲa]
if. yesterday. been.PART.PASS-FEMM.SG. be.SUBJ.PAST.1SG. with. hunger.SG go.SUBJ.PAST.1SG. to.DEF.FEMM.SG. restaurant.SG.
If yesterday I had been hungry, I'd have gone to the restaurant.
Si atent hoibissil, viḍissimu-n.
[si aˈtɛnt χwaˈbisiɬ viðiˈsimun]
if. waited.PART.PASS.MASC.SG. have.SUBJ.PAST.3SG. see.SUBJ.PAST-1PL.SUBJ=1PL.OBJ.
If he had waited, we would have seen each other.

Reported speech

Like other Romance languages, in Atlantic references shift in reported speech: the present tense becomes an imperfect; the past becomes pluperfect; the future either remains future or becomes a future-in-the-past, formed with the future participle and the past of siḍiri.

Afiari la puarta.
[aˈfjari la‿ˈpwarta]
open-IND.PRES.1SG. DEF.FEM.SG. door.SG.
I open the door.
Annunxoṭa dixil, pu ila afirival la puarta.
[anunˈçɵθa ˈdiçiɬ pu ˈila afiˈrivaɬ la‿ˈpwarta]
Annunziata. say.IND.PAST.3SG. that. 3SG.ANIM.FEM. open-IND.IMPF.3SG. DEF.FEM.SG. door.SG.
Annunziata said that she opened/was opening the door.
Heri comisis orisa?
[ˈçeri kɔˈmizis ɔˈriza]
yesterday. eat.IND.PAST-2SG. rice.SG.
Did you eat rice yesterday?
Ginnar dimandovit-um, si eu comixara orisa il jurn inanx.
[dʑiˈnar dimanˈdɔvitum si ˈɛu̯ kɔmiˈçæra ɔˈriza iɮ‿ˈdʑurun iˈnanç]
Gennaro. ask-IND.PAST-3SG=1SG.ACC. if. 1SG.NOM. eat.IND.PLUPERF.1SG. rice.SG. DEF.MASC.SG. day.SG. before.
Gennaro asked me if I had eaten rice the day before.
Cros comisura sun orisa.
[ˈkrɔs kɔmiˈzura‿ˌsun ɔˈriza]
tomorrow. eat.PART.FUT-FEM.SG. be.IND.PRES.1SG. rice.SG.
I will eat rice tomorrow.
Charmiala dixit-umi, pu cros ila comisura ê orisa.
[tɕarˈmjala ˈdiçitumi pu ˈkrɔs ˌila kɔmiˈzura‿ˌɛ ɔˈriza]
Carmen. say-IND.PAST-3SG=1SG.DAT. that. tomorrow. 3SG.ANIM.FEM. eat.PART.FUT-FEM.SG. be.IND.PRES.3SG. rice.SG.
Carmen told me that she'll eat rice tomorrow.
Charmiala dixit-umi, pu ila comisura fuch orisa il jurn sifenti.
[tɕarˈmjala ˈdiçitumi pu ˈkrɔs ˌila kɔmiˈzura‿ˌfutɕ ɔˈriza iɮ‿ˈdʑurun siˈfɛnti]
Carmen. say-IND.PAST-3SG=1SG.DAT. that. 3SG.ANIM.FEM. eat.PART.FUT-FEM.SG. be.IND.PAST.3SG. rice.SG. DEF.MASC.SG. day.SG. following.MASC.SG.
Carmen told me that she would have eaten rice the following day.

Vocabulary

Days and months

The days of the week in Atlantic derive from the standard pre-Christian Roman names, including, unlike in sister languages, the name for Saturday, which still refers to Saturn:

English Atlantic Gender IPA
Sunday dominiha f [dɔˈminiχa]
Monday diluni m [diˈluni]
Tuesday dimarti m [diˈmarti]
Wednesday dimircuri m [dimirˈkuri]
Thursday dijovi m [diˈdʑɔvi]
Friday diveniri m [diˈvɛniri]
Saturday dissaṭurni m [disaˈθurni]

On the other hand, the months of the year for the most part have names that are quite different from the other Romance languages, though except for August they parallel those found in Sardinian:

English Atlantic Gender IPA
January joinori m [dʑwaˈnɔri]
February firvori m [firˈvɔri]
March morx m [ˈmɔrɔç]
April arpili m [arˈpili]
May moi m [mwa]
June santjoni m [sanˈdʑɔni]
July triturxuni f [triturˈçʉni]
August sunxuni f [sunˈçʉni]
September chafutany n [tɕafuˈtaɲ]
October nurtixuni f [nurtiˈçʉni]
November ommisantor m [ɔŋnisanˈtɔr]
December noṭori m [nɔˈθɔri]

All dates are read with ordinal numerals preceded by the masculine article il (standing for il jurn "the day") followed by di plus the definite article of the month name. Thus, June 23 is il vixisim tiarx dil santjoni, August 9 is il nunim dâ sunxuni, or September 30 is il trixisim dû chafutany. In the Atlantic calendar, it has remained customary to use charenda (a retroformation from lat. Kalendæ) for the first day of the month and idus (plurale tantum, masculine unlike in Latin) for the thirteenth one (generalized also to those months whose Ides were on the fifteenth day in the Roman calendar). So for example February 1 is la charenda dil firvori and October 13 is lus idus dâ nurtixuni.

The main festivities (excluding those of other ethnic groups) in Atlantiana are the following ones, mostly related to Catholic tradition:

  • los Charendos (New Year's Day - January 1)
  • la Epifanya (Epiphany - January 6)
  • la Risureuxuni (Easter)
    • la Paxuni (Good Friday)
    • la Dominiha dâ Risureuxuni (Easter Sunday)
  • il Jurn dû Lavuri (Labour Day - May 1)
  • il Jurn di Sant Joni (St. John's Day - June 24)
  • la Sunxuni dâ Virgini (Assumption of Mary - August 15)
  • il Jurn di Sant Ostin (St. Augustine's Day - August 28)
  • il Jurn di Tuṭus lus Santus (All Saints' Day - November 1)
  • il Jurn dâ Immahuroṭa Cunceuxuni (Immaculate Conception - December 8)
  • il Jurn di Santa Lucia (St. Lucy's Day - December 13)
  • la Noiviṭoṭi (Christmas - December 25)
  • il Jurn di Sant Stefan (St. Stephen's Day - December 26)
  • il Postrim dil ann (New Year's Eve - December 31)

Texts

The North Wind and the Sun (il Vent Seutentrunori i il Sul)

Un jurn, il vent seutentrunori i il sul iaran discuxentis pro pori e ambus fussil lu prus forti, pandu supiriunxil un vioṭihuri in toa chariḍa.
Concordoṭus fuarunt, pu lu prim, pu cunsihuṭ fussil aḍ fairi il vioṭihuri apu tolyissil la toa, cunsiḍiroṭ fiaril prus forti dil oltr.
Dindi il vent seutentrunori suflesquil, forti pundo poṭiara, seḍ cummais sufloval mais il vioṭihuri nila toa istringivat-us; i nil fini il vent seutentrunori cessovil cu lu isfuarx. Dindi il sul chandesquil chariḍomenti, i suviṭu il vioṭihuri susturil la toa.
Sic il vent seutentrunori deubil concordori, pu il sul lu prus forti e ambus iaral.

IPA:

[un‿ˈdʑurun iɬ‿ˈvɛn sɛu̯tɛntruˈnɔri i‿ɬ ˈsuɬ ˈjaran discuˈçentis prɔ‿ˈpɔri e ˈambus ˈfusiɬ lu prus ˈfɔrti ˈpandu supiˈrjunçiɬ uɱ‿vjɔθiˈχuri in‿ˈtɔ.a ˈtɕariða]
[kɔŋkɔrˈdɔθus ˈfwarun pu lu ˈprim pu kunsiˈχuθ ˈfusiɬ af‿fai̯ri‿ɬ vjɔθiˈχuri apu tɔˈjisiɬ la‿ˈtɔ.a kunsiðiˈrɔθ ˈfjariɬ prus ˈfɔrti diɬ‿ˈɔɬtɔr]
[ˈdindi iɬ‿ˈvɛn sɛu̯tɛntruˈnɔri suˈflɛskiɬ ˈfɔrti pundɔ pɔˈθjara seð kuˈmai̯s suˈflɔvaɬ mai̯s iɬ‿vjɔθiˈχuri nila‿ˈtɔ.a istrinˈdʑivatus i niɬ ˈfini iɬ‿ˈvɛn sɛu̯tɛntruˈnɔri tɕɛˈsɔviɬ cu lu iˈsfwarç . ˈdindi iɬ‿ˈsuɬ tɕanˈdɛskiɬ tɕariðɔˈmɛnti i ˈsuviθu‿ɬ vjɔθiˈχuri susˈturiɬ la‿ˈtɔ.a]
[ˈsik iɬ‿ˈvɛn sɛu̯tɛntruˈnɔri ˈdɛu̯biɬ kɔŋkɔrˈdɔri pu‿ɬ ˈsuɬ lu prus ˈfɔrti e ˈambus ˈjaraɬ]

UDHR Article 1

Tuṭos los ammos noscunt eleuteros i iforos in dinyiṭoṭi i direitus.
Duṭoṭos funt di raxuni i cunxenxa i divint feriri-s cul oltr seu nun spiriṭ di froltiriṭoṭi.

Notes

  1. ^ Inside Atlantiana, "Atlantic" is commonly used as the demonym for the nation as a whole, composed of many ethnic groups. The majoritary of such groups, Romance speakers, are instead referred to (and refer to themselves) as rumonus (lit. Romans). The Roman foundation of the Atlantic state is also reflected in names such as the Republic's official name, "Republic of the Roman Atlantic Provinces" (Rimpubriha dôs Pruvinxos Otrantihos Rumonos) and the parliament's official name, "Senate of Atlantic Rome" (Sinoṭ di Ruma Otrantiha), as well as in the state motto being the Atlantic translation of SPQR (Il Sinoṭ i lu Vulg di Ruma). An addendum to the Constitution clarifies that the references to Rome in such names refer to Rome as a synonym for the State's name, with Atlantiana having a (currently mostly dormant) claim of being the successor state to the Roman Empire; the current Constitution makes no reference to the Romance-speaking population as Romans, mentioning instead that no person is to be discriminated for their ethnicity and that the "Atlantic, Berber, Fula, Wolof, Soninke, and Bambara languages are the official languages of the nation".
  2. ^ As a side note, in Atlantic, the adjective for people from Rome and their speech is rumonisc; the one for Romansh is reto-rumonih; the one for Romagnol is rumon-adrioṭih; the one for Romanian is daxinsi or less commonly daxu-rumon or daxu-rumonih.
  3. ^ See Matthew 16, 18: I eu dihu-t: Tu iaris Petrus, i incopa lânc piarta eḍifihoṭur sungu ma Ircexa.
  4. ^ Excluding, as often happens, proper names like Bonnunx (archaic term for "Gospel") /bɔŋˈnunuç/), or etymological spellings of function words such as nyentminy "nevertheless" /ɲɛŋˈniɲ/).
  5. ^ In some cases, the consonant is still analyzed as a phoneme in those words due to it appearing when inflected. In others, themselves inflections, the consonant never appears and is only written because of etymological spelling.
  6. ^ Also including feminine words with the suffix -oṭih (←ĀTICUM)
  7. ^ But note in Sardinya and in Sixilya.
  8. ^ Occitan borrowing, replaced inherited caniri.