Neolatin (Romance Neolatino)

Neolatin is an international auxiliary language designed to be used by speakers of different Romance languages to communicate with one another. Neolatin removes the idiosyncrasies in Romance languages that make it difficult for speakers to understand each other and focuses on the numerous words and forms that the Romance languages have in common. It is the parallel project to the Interslavic project (for Slavic languages), except Neolatin is for Romance languages.

Neolatin can be learned and used as a Romance Esperanto or Latin Esperanto, and can be treated as a set of recommendations for altering any Romance language to facilitate communication with other Romance speakers. It also helps Romance speakers get a better understanding of texts written in any other Romance language.

It is a standard of Pan-Romance communication actively developed by the collective, international and interdisciplinary project Vía Neolatina. While there have been similar attempts at creating a Pan-Romance standard in the past, the founder and lead developer of the project, Dr. Jordi Cassany-Bates, has been working on this codification since 2006 with the help of other linguists and collaborators.

Neolatin alphabet (lo alfabèto neolatino)

Neolatin alphabet (lo alfabèto neolatino) and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for (Excel)

Hear the Neolatin alphabet:

Notes

Other names for letters include: f = fe, j = jota / je, l = le, m = me, n = ne, r = re, s = se, w = ve dople, y = ípsilon / ye
The letters k, w, x, and y appear primarily in technical terms and borrowed words that have not been adapted in Romance languages.
c = k before a, o and u, and [ʧ] before e and i
cî = [ʧ] before a, o and u
g = [ɡ] before a, o and u, and [ʤ] before e and i
h is generally silent, except in foreign loanwords.
qu = [k] in que, qui and quèn, and [kw] elsewhere
ti = [ʦj] before a vowel, but not after s

Sample text

Totos los èsseres humanos nascen líberos et equales en dignitate et derectos. Son dotatos de rattsone et conscièntia et deven agire los unos vèrso los altros en espírito de fraternitate.

Listen to a recording of this text by Arrunzo

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Videos in and about Neolatin

Links

Information about Neolatin
https://www.neolatino.eu/
https://apprendeneolatino.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/neolatino/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Romance_language

Online Neolatin dictionary
https://neolatino.github.io/dictionario/

Neolatin Conjugator and dictionary
https://neolatino.eu/ferramentos.html

International Auxiliary Languages

Blissymbolics, Esperanto, Folkspraak, Ido, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interlingue/Occidental, Interslavic, Lingua Franca Nova, Lojban, Novial, Romance Neolatino, Romániço, Slovio, Solresol, Uropi, Volapük

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 18.03.24. Last modified: 18.03.24

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