Vocabulary Comparison
The tables below provide a vocabulary comparison that illustrates a number of examples of sound shifts that have occurred between Latin and Romance languages, along with a selection of minority languages.
| Latin | Sardinian | Italian | Sicilian | Corsican | Romanian | Friulian | Piedmontese | Romansh | French | Occitan | Catalan | Aragonese | Spanish | Ladino | Asturian | Mirandese | Galician | Portuguese | Venetian | Lombard | Emilian | English | ||
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| aquam | abba | acqua | acqua | acqua | apǎ | aghe | eva | aua | eau | aiga | aigua | augua | agua | agua | agua | auga | auga | água | aqua | aqua | âcua | water | ||
| altum | artu | alto | autu | altu | înalt | alt | àut | aut | haut | n-aut | alt | alto | alto | alto | altu | alto | alto | alto | alto | alt | èlt | high | ||
| caballum | cuaddu | cavallo | cavaddu | cavallu/cavaddu | cal | ĉhaval | caval | chaval | cheval | caval | cavall | caballo | caballo | kavayo | caballu | cabalo | cabalo | cavalo | cavaeo | cavall | cavâl | horse | ||
| ego | deo | io | ju/jè | eu/eiu | eu | jo | i(/mi) | jau | je | ieu/jo | jo | yo | yo | yo | yo | you | eu | eu | (mi) | (mì) | (mé) | I | ||
| facere | faghere | fare | fari | fà | face | fâ | fé | far | faire | far/fàser | fer | fer | hacer | azer | facer | fazer | facer | fazer | far | fà | fèr | to do | ||
| focum | fogu | fuoco | focu | focu | foc | fûc | feu | fieu | feu | fuòc | foc | fuego | fuego | huego | fueu | fuogo | fogo | fogo | fogo | foeugh | fûg | fire | ||
| insulam | isula | isola | isula | isula | ((insulǎ)) | îsule | ìsola | insla | île | iscla | illa | isla/isola | isla | isola/adá | isla | ilha | illa | ilha | isoea | isola | îsla | island | ||
| lactem | latte | latte | latti | latte | lapte | lat | làit | latg | lait | lach | llet | leit | leche | leche | lleche | lheite | leite | leite | late | latt | lât | milk | ||
| linguam | limba | lingua | lingua | lingua | limbǎ | lenghe | lenga | lingua | langue | lenga | llengua | luenga | lengua | lingua | llingua | lhéngua | lingua | língua | lengoa | lengua | langua | tongue/ language |
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| nostrum | nostru | nostro | nostru | nostru/nosciu | nostru | nestri | nòst | noss | notre | nòstre | nostre | nuestro | nuestro | muestro | nuesu | nuosso | noso | nosso | nostro | noster | nòster | our | ||
| novum | nou | nuovo | novu | novu | nou | gnove | neuv | nov | nouveau | nòu | nou | nuebo | nuevo | muevo | nuevu | nuobo | novo | novo | novo | noeuv | nôv | new | ||
| pellem | pedde | pelle | peddi | pelle/pedda | piele | piel | pel | pel | peau | pèl | pell | piel | piel | pyél | piel | piel | pel | pele | pée | pell | pèl | skin | ||
| pluviam | proìda | pioggia | chiuvuta | piogia/pioghja | ploaie | ploe | pieuva | plievgia | pluie | pluèja | pluja | plebia | lluvia | luvya | lluvia | chuba | chuvia/choiva | chuva | piova | pioeuva | piôva | rain | ||
| trēs | tres | tre | tri | trè | trei | tre | tre | trais | trois | tres | tres | tres | tres | tres | trés | trés | tres | três | tre | trii | trî (m)/ trai (f) |
three | ||
| Latin | Sardinian | Italian | Sicilian | Corsican | Romanian | Friulian | Piedmontese | Romansh | French | Occitan | Catalan | Aragonese | Spanish | Ladino | Asturian | Mirandese | Galician | Portuguese | Venetian | Lombard | Emilian | English |
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