VRL

VRL

Introduction

VRL (Volgar Romano Lustro, “Illustrious Roman Vernacular”) is a controlled literary language composed of various elements drawn from the vernacular historically spoken in Rome. It is not intended to be naturalistic; rather, it is deliberately artificial in its design. It does not attempt to answer the question “what if the vernacular of Rome had been adopted as the official language of Italy instead of a Florentine-based standard?”, as it significantly incorporates elements brought from Tuscan on Roman speech. The language itself heavily draws from major authors such as Anonimo Romano, Giuseppe Berneri, Benedetto Micheli, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Giggi Zanazzo, Cesare Pascarella and Trilussa.