Italic

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The italic family of languages comes from an ancient history in Italic. It evolved over the years from several different languages in the region until one particular language, Latin, was used more as an official language. It became the official language of the Roman Empire. Eventually, the vulgar Latin that was used in different regions developed with influence from surrounding languages. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the use of Latin aside from scientific, legal, medical, and liturgical fields eventually dissolved. The vulgar Latin languages that were spoken in the different areas developed further and became the official languages of the regions. These languages exist today as the modern Romance languages.

Some features of these languages:

  • marginally inflecting (except for Latin)
  • present, past, and future tenses

Personal Pronouns

Comparison of Personal Pronouns
Latin Aromanian Romanian Dalmatian Italian Portuguese Spanish French Catalan Occitan
1st person singular ego mine eu ju io eu yo je jo ièu
2nd person singular tu tine tu/dumneata te tu tu/você tú/vos/usted tu tu tu
3rd person singular M is nãs el/dumnealui jal lui ele él il ell el
3rd person singular F ea - ea/dumneaei jala lei ela ella elle ella ela
3rd person singular N id - - - - - ello - - el
1st person plural nos noi noi nu noi nós nosotros nous nosaltres nosautres
2nd person plural vos voi voi/dumneavoastră vu voi vós/vocês vosotros/ustedes vous vosaltres vosautres
3rd person plural M ei nãs ei/dumnealor jai loro eles ellos ils ells eles
3rd person plural F eae - ele/dumnealor jai loro elas ellas elles elles elas
3rd person plural N ea - - - - - ellos - - -

To Be

To Be
Latin Romanian Portuguese Spanish Italian French Galician Occitan
1st person singular sum sunt sou soy sono suis son soi
2nd person singular es eşti és eres, sos sei es es ès; sès
3rd person singular est este é es è est é es
1st person plural sumus suntem somos somos siamo sommes somos sèm
2nd person plural estis sunteţi sois sois siete êtes sodes sètz
3rd person plural sunt sunt são son sono sont son son

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