polýMATHY | Latin letter V pronunciation: /w/ or /v/ ? Latin Pronunciation History @polyMATHY_Luke | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
How was the letter V pronounced in Latin? Was it really /w/ like the W of English? This video explores that question in detail.
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ALEXANDER VERONENSIS
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SCHOLA LATINA
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RVMAK
Stefano Vittori's wonderful reconstruction of 1cAD pronunciation, from Petronius: youtu.be/khiootdwfok
⚔️ Jackson Crawford's video on the change of /w/ to /v/ in Norse:
youtu.be/j4K-pGPT46o
🇪🇸 Linguriosa's video about the sound of B and V in Spanish:
youtu.be/zHRXPmDx2Ds
🇮🇹 See the Podcast Italiano video on raddoppiamento fonosintattico:
youtu.be/rOW9OopYXSs
🔊 Hear the audio of the Montellese language/dialect of Italy (note that the IPA transcriptions are not all accurate)
soundcomparisons.com/?fbclid=IwAR2vMZsVi1IAl6H6lNjQKfk3pDa078mjKPDmZA7WjSTr8gWPSnepefiB0C0#/en/Romance/language/Rce_It_Sth_Cpn_Irp_Montella_Dl
Many references to the research I cite can be found in the book Social Variation and the Latin Language by J.N. Adams, pp.183-190, available on Amazon here: amzn.to/3f2PlTv
Latin Pronunciation Chronology Spreadsheet:
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00:00 Intro
01:35 The Short Answer
03:13 Modern Spanish B & V
04:02 Do any modern Romance languages have /w/ ? Corsican
06:06 Montellese
10:00 Greek cognates with Latin: vīnum, ϝοἶνος
11:06 When Latin V starts to change
17:19 Stefano Vittori's rendition of 1cAD pronunciation of B & V
19:11 It's absolutely okay to use /v/ for V in your spoken Latin! 👍
21:43 See these videos about Old Norse and Spanish
22:23 Conclusion
#latin #pronunciation #rome
How was the letter V pronounced in Latin? Was it really /w/ like the W of English? This video explores that question in detail.
Subscribe to these channels for outstanding content in Latin:
ALEXANDER VERONENSIS
youtube.com/user/Alessandroconti399
SCHOLA LATINA
youtube.com/channel/UC7ZWN9ORGp_sqnDm7f74Cqg
RVMAK
Stefano Vittori's wonderful reconstruction of 1cAD pronunciation, from Petronius: youtu.be/khiootdwfok
⚔️ Jackson Crawford's video on the change of /w/ to /v/ in Norse:
youtu.be/j4K-pGPT46o
🇪🇸 Linguriosa's video about the sound of B and V in Spanish:
youtu.be/zHRXPmDx2Ds
🇮🇹 See the Podcast Italiano video on raddoppiamento fonosintattico:
youtu.be/rOW9OopYXSs
🔊 Hear the audio of the Montellese language/dialect of Italy (note that the IPA transcriptions are not all accurate)
soundcomparisons.com/?fbclid=IwAR2vMZsVi1IAl6H6lNjQKfk3pDa078mjKPDmZA7WjSTr8gWPSnepefiB0C0#/en/Romance/language/Rce_It_Sth_Cpn_Irp_Montella_Dl
Many references to the research I cite can be found in the book Social Variation and the Latin Language by J.N. Adams, pp.183-190, available on Amazon here: amzn.to/3f2PlTv
Latin Pronunciation Chronology Spreadsheet:
bit.ly/ranierilatinpronunciation
If you like, consider joining this channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCLbiwlm3poGNh5XSVlXBkGA/join
🦂 Support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/LukeRanieri
☕️ Support my work with PayPal:
paypal.me/lukeranieri
📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks:
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🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam
👨🏫 My Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata playlist · Free Latin Lessons:
youtu.be/j7hd799IznU
🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel *entirely* in Latin & Ancient Greek)
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🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast:
youtube.com/LegioXIII
🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio:
lukeranieri.com/audio
👕 Merch:
teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus
🦂 ScorpioMartianus.com
🦅 LukeRanieri.com
📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon:
amzn.to/2nVUfqd
00:00 Intro
01:35 The Short Answer
03:13 Modern Spanish B & V
04:02 Do any modern Romance languages have /w/ ? Corsican
06:06 Montellese
10:00 Greek cognates with Latin: vīnum, ϝοἶνος
11:06 When Latin V starts to change
17:19 Stefano Vittori's rendition of 1cAD pronunciation of B & V
19:11 It's absolutely okay to use /v/ for V in your spoken Latin! 👍
21:43 See these videos about Old Norse and Spanish
22:23 Conclusion
#latin #pronunciation #rome
