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Schola Latina Europæa and Universalis
ína Európæa & Úniversális *** © 2005-2024 SONÍ English | Español Whereas any student can understand that we accurately know the writing usages of the Romans, as well as those of the users of Latin of any other later periods, it is a cause of greater confusion and even scepticism to affirm that we also know with great accuracy the pronunciation of Latin in the different stages of its long history, and in particular in classical times. It would be too long to explain here how we have come to know the pronunciation of Latin in times for which we have no sound record; but this is a question on which many specialists have worked, and the beginner has to exercise a certain degree of trust in the teacher.
As erudition became increasingly sophisticated, the simple principle of "one letter one sound" was refined by further inspection of the ancient sources, notably by Erasmus and his successors, and the tendency to bring the pronunciation of Latin ever more closely to the one it had in classical times became the main aim of the better educated, who were also ever more disconnected from ecclesiastical milieus. Diphthong Hiatus æ [aɛ̯] æs ae áe aé áé áér [oe̯] pna oe óe oé óé poéta au [ɑʊ̯] aurum aü áu aú áú nomaüs eu [ɛʊ̯] heus eu éu eú éú meus ej [ɛj] hej ei éi eí éí meí uj [ʊj] cuj ui úi uí úí tuí To put it in a different way, diphthongs are vocalic clusters that, within one and the same syllable, start with one vowel sound and end with another. b [b] bonus p [p] pater ph [pʰ] physica m [m] máter d [d] diés t [t] télum th [tʰ] theátrum n [n] nómen g [g] genus c [k] céna ch [kʰ] chorus n [ŋ] angor gv [gw] sangvis qv [kw] qvis f [f] fínis z [z] zóna s [s] satis r [ɾ] rosa sv [sw] svádeó h [h] homó j [j] jam l [l] límes v [w] vís l [ɫ] lúna Bilabial and velar voiced plosives: b, g
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