Regnate Latin - Revision history

Astaryuu: augh why did i make 16x16 glyphs for scripts that arent used :true_anguish: /* Orthography */

2025-08-23T04:36:37Z

augh why did i make 16x16 glyphs for scripts that arent used :true_anguish: Orthography

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	* The letters B and G are always replaced with P and C before S or T, matching their pronunciation. CS and PS are further replaced with X and Ɔ.		* The letters B and G are always replaced with P and C before S or T, matching their pronunciation. CS and PS are further replaced with X and Ɔ.
	* Note that the sequence GN is often written with the ''gnē'' ligature, which looks like merged C and N and is often placed at the end of the alphabet but is not a letter. It has an initial capital form resembling N with left hook (Ɲ) but with the hook touching the base line without going below it.		* Note that the sequence GN is often written with the ''gnē'' ligature, which looks like merged C and N and is often placed at the end of the alphabet but is not a letter. It has an initial capital form resembling N with left hook (Ɲ) but with the hook touching the base line without going below it.

			Interestingly, there is a code block for Regnate lowercase letters in the [[United Ŋations Office for Script Management\|ŊSUR]], but it is not used in-ŋorld.

	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==

Astaryuu at 02:38, 15 May 2025

2025-05-15T02:38:31Z

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	'''Regnate Latin''' is the local Latin dialect spoken in and around the region of [[Latium Regnātum\|Regnate Latium]], written using its own variant of the Latin alphabet. It appears to have begun to split from Classical Latin by around 400BC, although many later changes also affected it.		'''Regnate Latin''' is the local Latin dialect spoken in and around the region of [[Latium Regnātum\|Regnate Latium]], written using its own variant of the Latin alphabet. It appears to have begun to split from [[Classical Latin]] by around 400BC, although many later changes also affected it.

	== Orthography ==		== Orthography ==

Theidealist at 16:53, 11 February 2025

2025-02-11T16:53:55Z

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	The apex diacritic (identical to acute) is used to mark all long vowels; ''I longa'' is not used.		The apex diacritic (identical to acute) is used to mark all long vowels; ''I longa'' is not used. The existing letters are named as usual in Classical Latin, with ''hā'' for H, ''ex'' for X, ''ypsilon'' for Y, and an unusual ''zētaque'' for Z.

	Orthography is otherwise mostly the same as that of Classical Latin with a few minor differences:		Orthography is otherwise mostly the same as that of Classical Latin with a few minor differences:

Theidealist at 21:30, 25 November 2024

2024-11-25T21:30:55Z

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	* The ''sonus medius'' sound was preserved as /ʊ̈/; it has no long version.		* The ''sonus medius'' sound was preserved as /ʊ̈~ɪ̈/; it has no long version.
	* The diphthongs <au> and <eu> are instead written <ao> and <eo> to match their pronunciation in Regnate Latin.		* The diphthongs <au> and <eu> are instead written <ao> and <eo> to match their pronunciation in Regnate Latin.
	* /ui̯/ such as in ''cui'', ''huic'' is not considered a diphthong and is written as <uj> instead.		* /ui̯/ such as in ''cui'', ''huic'' is not considered a diphthong and is written as <uj> instead.

Theidealist: /* Consonants */

2024-11-21T03:03:04Z

Consonants

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	! Stop		! Stop
	\| pʰ b \|\| t̪ʰ d̪ \|\| kʰ g		\| pʰ b \|\| t̪ʰ d̪ \|\| kʰ g kʷʰ gʷ
	\|-		\|-
	! Fricative		! Fricative

Theidealist: adding some morphology stuff

2024-10-30T00:12:37Z

adding some morphology stuff

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 * Unlike in Classical Latin, /ŋ/ is phonemic, as it appears both from /n/ before velar consonants and from /gn/ > /ŋn/ > /ŋ/ (written GN, geminated intervocalically) in all cases.
-* The product of rhotacism in Regnate Latin was not /r/ but /ɣ/, which also merged with previous /h/ intervocalically; /h/ word-initially became /x/.
+* The product of rhotacism in Regnate Latin was not /r/ but a new phoneme /ɣ/; note that /h/ alone became (or perhaps stayed as) /x/.
 * The tenuis stops became aspirated and merged with the Greek-loaned aspirated stops, except after /s/ where they merged with the voiced stops which had become voiceless in that position. The <h> for old aspirated stops is still retained and in some cases misapplied.<ref>Yes, this was to make it easier for me, a native English speaker, to pronounce. Deal with it.</ref>
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 * The diphthongs <au> and <eu> are instead written <ao> and <eo> to match their pronunciation in Regnate Latin.
 * /ui̯/ such as in ''cui'', ''huic'' is not considered a diphthong and is written as <uj> instead.
 == Footnotes ==

Theidealist: added gne

2024-10-17T13:15:14Z

added gne

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	* Consonants pronounced geminated intervocalically are written doubled, so for instance CV33VS for ''cujus'', AZZALEA for ''azalea''. This does not apply to GN as it is a digraph.		* Consonants pronounced geminated intervocalically are written doubled, so for instance CV33VS for ''cujus'', AZZALEA for ''azalea''. This does not apply to GN as it is a digraph.
	* The letters B and G are always replaced with P and C before S or T, matching their pronunciation. CS and PS are further replaced with X and Ɔ.		* The letters B and G are always replaced with P and C before S or T, matching their pronunciation. CS and PS are further replaced with X and Ɔ.
			* Note that the sequence GN is often written with the ''gnē'' ligature, which looks like merged C and N and is often placed at the end of the alphabet but is not a letter. It has an initial capital form resembling N with left hook (Ɲ) but with the hook touching the base line without going below it.

	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==

Xhesas: added to the category of language

2024-08-12T13:06:56Z

added to the category of language

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			[[Category:language]]

Sheikah: added disambiguation

2024-07-09T22:20:05Z

added disambiguation

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			''Not to be confused with [[Regnate Latium]]''


	'''Regnate Latin''' is the local Latin dialect spoken in and around the region of [[Latium Regnātum\|Regnate Latium]], written using its own variant of the Latin alphabet. It appears to have begun to split from Classical Latin by around 400BC, although many later changes also affected it.		'''Regnate Latin''' is the local Latin dialect spoken in and around the region of [[Latium Regnātum\|Regnate Latium]], written using its own variant of the Latin alphabet. It appears to have begun to split from Classical Latin by around 400BC, although many later changes also affected it.

Theidealist: added diphthongs

2024-07-08T11:40:15Z

added diphthongs

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	* Unlike in Classical Latin, /ŋ/ is phonemic, as it appears both from /n/ before velar consonants and from /gn/ > /ŋn/ > /ŋ/ (written GN, geminated intervocalically) in all cases.		* Unlike in Classical Latin, /ŋ/ is phonemic, as it appears both from /n/ before velar consonants and from /gn/ > /ŋn/ > /ŋ/ (written GN, geminated intervocalically) in all cases.
	* The product of rhotacism in Regnate Latin was not /r/ but /ɣ/, which also merged with previous /h/ intervocalically; /h/ word-initially became /x/.		* The product of rhotacism in Regnate Latin was not /r/ but /ɣ/, which also merged with previous /h/ intervocalically; /h/ word-initially became /x/.
	* The tenuis stops became aspirated and merged with the Greek-loaned aspirated stops, except after /s/ where they merged with the voiced stops which had become voiceless in that position. The <h> for old aspirated stops is still retained and in some cases misapplied.<ref>Yes this was to make it easier for me, a native English speaker, to pronounce. Deal with it.</ref>		* The tenuis stops became aspirated and merged with the Greek-loaned aspirated stops, except after /s/ where they merged with the voiced stops which had become voiceless in that position. The <h> for old aspirated stops is still retained and in some cases misapplied.<ref>Yes, this was to make it easier for me, a native English speaker, to pronounce. Deal with it.</ref>

	=== Vowels ===		=== Vowels ===
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	! Open		! Open
	\|\|\| ɐ äː		\|\|\| ɐ äː
			\|-
			! colspan="2" \| Diphthongs
			\| colspan="2" \| äe̯ äo̯ o̞e̯ e̞o̯
	\|}		\|}

	* The ''sonus medius'' sound was preserved as /ʊ̈/; it has no long version.		* The ''sonus medius'' sound was preserved as /ʊ̈/; it has no long version.
			* The diphthongs <au> and <eu> are instead written <ao> and <eo> to match their pronunciation in Regnate Latin.
			* /ui̯/ such as in ''cui'', ''huic'' is not considered a diphthong and is written as <uj> instead.

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==

	<references />		<references />