Orthography
Some differences between old and classical Latin were of spelling only; pronunciation is thought to be essentially as in classical Latin:
- Single for double consonants: Marcelus for Marcellus
- Double vowels for long vowels: aara for āra
- q for c before u: pequnia for pecunia
- gs/ks/xs for x: e.g. regs for rex, saxsum for saxum
- c for g: Caius for Gaius
These differences did not necessarily run concurrently with each other and were not universal; that is, c was used for both c and g.
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