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Latin phonology is the system of sounds used in various kinds of Latin. This article largely deals with what features can be deduced for Classical Latin as it was spoken by the educated from the late Roman Republic to the early Empire. Evidence comes in the form of comments from Roman grammarians, common spelling mistakes, transcriptions into ...
Thus, it's perhaps not surprising that two of the main differences identified between Classical and Ecclesiastical Latin, besides the pronunciation, are grammar and vocabulary. Grammar. Many of the innovations of Ecclesiastical Latin, as enumerated by Nunn, can be seen to be either influences from Greek or Vulgar Latin:
Palabras clave: latín vulgar, latín clásico, Roma, lenguas romances, evolución lingüística. ABSTRACT This paper explains what Vulgar Latin is and shows some contributions of the Vulgar Latin to the known Classical Latin. Key words: Vulgar Latin, Classical Latin, Romance Languages, linguistic evolution, Rome. DEL LATÍN VULGAR AL LATÍN ...
So "Vulgar Latin" ceased to be a useful parameter for identifying the various Romance languages. It was at this time that Vulgar Latin became a collective name to designate a group of dialects derived from Latin, with local (not necessarily common) characteristics, which did not constitute a language, at least in the classical sense of the term..
Classical Latin: Pontifex dixit se velle Romam ire. Medieval Latin: Pontifex dixit quod ipse vult (ad) Romam ire. There are many other little differences in usage, too--pronouns, prepositions, cases, etc. etc. In ideal terms, there should be no grammatical difference between modern ecclesiastical Latin and classical Latin.
The use of est plus the past participle, which in Classical Latin is used to form the Perfect Passive, sometimes keeps its literal form, so amata est, which means, "she was loved," in Classical Latin may mean, she is loved in Medieval Latin. Use of the subjunctive is not consistent: often the subjunctive will not be used in ut clauses. At times ...
I've written here and here about Classical Latin's relationship to its vulgar cousin. The short version is that there is no single "Vulgar Latin." Vulgar Latin is simply the colloquial form of the language, as opposed to the literary form, and since everybody speaks with different personal idioms it's hard to reduce it to clear grammatical rules.
