[romconlang] Romlang splitting off ~0-100 CE

theiling@absint.com skrev:

> Secondly, and more specifically, what would be the status of final -m
> at that time, particularly at the northern border of the Roman Empire?
> Would it be feasible for a conlang to assume certain phonological
> effects (e.g. lengthening as a side effect of nasalisation) of final
> -m?  Or has -m disappeared completely already without any trace?
It would probably be gone already by then.  Not even the Classical
poets pronounced it, apparently.

> Further, what would be the status of the adverb?  When did the 'mente'
> forms emerge and be used exclusively colloquially to replace the
> '-iter' morpheme?
No idea.


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