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Welcome to the official home page of the language called Romana (ro-mAH-nah).

Lingua Romana ("The Roman Language") is the language spoken by the people in the Roman empire. This is a hypothetical language that would have evolved from classical Latin, much like modern Greek evolved from ancient Greek. The only difference is that modern Greek actually exists while modern Latin (Romana) disappeared around the time of the collapse of the Roman empire. The remarkable thing is, even though this is a fully constructed language, with highly regular grammar and morphology, it turned out to be very similar to Italian. This is no surprise, since Italian is believed to be the closest modern-day descendant of Latin.

This site contains Romana lessons and a translation of the Babel text.

Benvenito a la pagina principale de la lingua Romana. Chesta lingua este una Latina simplificata, com ela averia evoluato ogi. Chesto sito contene leczioni pro aprendere la lingua Romana ed una traduczione del testo Babel.

Start Lessons (Incepe le leczioni)

Read Babel Text in Romana (Lege il testo Babel in Romana)

News

Sunday, March 27 - New Grammar and Updated Lexicon (Again)
I have done a complete overhaul of the grammar (again). This time, I am using my newly acquired knowledge of the Greek language, and how it evolved from ancient Greek to modern Greek, as a reference to apply the same transformations to ancient Latin. Consider this version 3.0. I've also updated the lexicon, which has now grown to over 4000 words.
Sunday, November 30 - New Grammar and Updated Lexicon
I have done a complete overhaul of the grammar. Consider it version 2.0. I've also updated the lexicon, which has swollen in size to over 3400 words.
Friday, August 29 - Back to Romana
The name of the language is now Romana again. I made many changes to the grammar and vocabulary. Consider this day a rebirth of the language.
Wednesday, April 16 - New section - Irregular Verbs
I've completed another new section, "Irregular Verbs".
Friday, April 11 - The grammar is complete
Finally the grammar of Romana is complete, and will not be changed from now on.
Sunday, April 6 - The word lists are updated
The word lists now contain the translations for over 2200 English words, including the participles of English verbs.
March, April 1 - New section - Etymologies
I've completed a new section of this site, "Etymologies".