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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "thomasruhm" <thomas@...> wrote: > > The word 'iocur' meaning 'iecur' is in the Appendix Probi and in the north italian text on the tablet. Also it does not have reflexes in romance, it would be a good source. > iocur for iecur probably means it was still in the vulgar language when the Appendix Probi was written. Already the spoken language and Classical Latin were two separate languages Here is a text from Nomentum, Latium, Italy in the 1st century and my tentative translation into Italo-Romance of that era. It is a related dialect to the Minturnae tablet but with differences. Also both are quite close to the 'Romanesco' spoken during that period. Malcio Nicones oculos manus dicitos bracias uncis capilo caput pedes femus venter natis umlicus pectus malilas collus os bucas dentes labias me[nt]us oclos fronte supercili scaplas umerum nervias ossu merilas venter mentula crus quastu lucru valetudines defico in as tabelas. Rufa Pelica manus detes oclos bracia venter mamila pectus osu merilas venter...crus os pedes frontes uncis dicitos venter umlicus cunus ulvas ilae Rufas Pelica defi[c]o in as tabelas. Malciu Nicone' oclo' manu' dicito' bracia' unci' capilu capu pede' femu vetre nati' umlicu pettu malila' collu o' buca' dete' labia' me[nt]u' oclo' frote suprecili (i)scapla' umeru' nervia' ossu merila' vetre mentla cru quastu lucru valetudeine' defico in a' tabela'. Rufa Pelica manu' dete' oclo' bracia vetre mamila pettu' osu merila' vetre...cru' o' pede' frote' unci' dicito' vetre umlicu cunu ulva' ele Rufa' Pelica defi[c]o in a' tabela'. Nomentum is in Northern Latium while Minturno/Minturnae is in Southern Latium. Apparently they are already seperate dialects of each other that were quite similar to the common speech of the citizens of Rome. Here at Nomentum, we see umlicu for ublicu found in Minturnae.