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hello Jan!
Thanks for your e-mail and your interest! Yes, i thought i'd let
you all know about my project (although i'm really a beginner!).
You wonder how i could add French to the "mix"... i assume that
anyone who knows enough French and its basic etymology should be
able to either understand the word or understand its root. As any
language, some words will have to be learned by either community
though, if the original words are too different.
I will post the phonology tomorrow if possible, it should sound
pretty spanish. It should also be a very "regular" language in its
grammar.
I haven't found a name yet. Eamon thinks i should call
it "Minfeano" (in reference to the painting Nympheas by Monet),
because he thinks that it sounded cool and i'm a big Monet fan). I
had thought of "Eufonia", because i'm trying to make my language
harmonious, in the way it sounds (and i really like the way Spanish
sounds!). So i don't know, really! But i'll think about it!
Anyway thanks again for welcoming me, and if I have any questions,
i'll post them!
Sabrina
--- In romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com, Jan van Steenbergen
<ijzeren_jan@y...> wrote:
> --- Sabrina Laurent skrzypszy:
>
> > My name is Sabrina. I'm Eamon's fiancee. I joined the group
because
> > i'm working on my very first conlang and thought it'd be cool to
> > introduce it to the group.
>
> Welcome Sabrina! Glad that you decided to join us after all!
>
> > I haven't found a name for it yet. But it's a Romance hybrid
based
> > on French, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. Its purpose is
mainly
> > artistic, i've wanted to compare these languages and create a
> > language which, because it's based on these 4 languages, would
be
> > understandable for Romance speakers.
>
> Interesting, especially in the case of French I'm curious how you
managed to
> fit it in.
>
> > So far, i've worked on the phonology, and i've done a good bit
of
> > the grammar (i'm basically half-way). I have a bit of vocabulary
too.
> > I will give more details when i have time to develop this
> > introduction a little more. If you have any questions though,
feel
> > free to ask.
>
> Of course! I can't formulate any question based on the above, but
I would
> surely like to see what you made. Start whereever you like.
> I would suggest, BTW, that you give your language a name, at least
a temporary
> one. It gives a language some sort of extra personality, and it
facilitates the
> discussion. But of course, that's entirely up to you.
>
> Needless to say: if you have any questions or uncertainties, don't
hesitate to
> toss them into the group.
>
> Welcome again!
>
> Jan
>
> =====
> "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P.
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