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--- In romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com, draqonfayir@j... wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:20:00 -0000 "habarakhe4 > <theophilus88@h...>" <theophilus88@h...> writes: > > NWR (New World Romance): > - > > <snipped much interesting information about NWR> > > Wow, this is a very cool-looking language! I can't remember you > mentioning it before, though... or is this a New World development of > Fortunatian? > If not, what kind of background does it have to be 'New World' Romance? > or do you mean something other than the Americas by the term "New World"? Most of the cultural information was hashed out in CONCULTURE, not here. New World Romance is the language spoken in the 13th century AD *there* by the descendants and followers of a group of Roman prisoners on their way to the Fortunate Isles (but not Fortunatian speakers themselves) who mutinied and drifted over to Brazil. As for the layout, I took the reference work _The World's Languages_, photocopied the entry on Guarani, and substituted my own Latin-derived forms (with a few modifications, of course) - it was a lot easier than my efforts to create de novo languages. The use of Guarani phonology for NWR enabled me to use the same phonetic/phonemic rules as Guarani. I called it NWR because the cultural sphere stretches 800 miles up the Amazon River *there*, and complete linguistic cohesion over such a large area seemed absurd. BTW, I borrowed your kw>q idea for another project and made the Semitic-sounding qaiba 'mountain' from the unSemitic-sounding Hawaiian kahahiwa > > > -Stephen (Steg) > "elf booty got soul! elf girls like to rock'n'roll!" They do? I thought elves didn't have souls, being the spawn of Lilith and the Devil. ;) > ~ 'lords of the rhymes' >