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Re: [romanceconlang] Question on Italic languages



 --- Adam Walker skrzypszy:

> Yes, by scrounging through them all you might be able
> to put together a more lengthy list, but some of them
> are more related to each other than others, no?

Yes, but in this case I was referring to Oscan and Umbrian only. Volscian AFAIK
is a much smaller language.

> Oh, yeah, I completely forgot about Celtic.  Gaulic
> could be very useful in making comparisons.  This is
> really starting to sound intriguing.  

Yes, indeed!

> I wish I had the time/resources to actually take a look 
> at it, but I'm determined NOT to start any new conlang 
> projects until I can actually write stuff in C-a.

<sigh> Same thing here. I have to divide my conlanging time between three
languages plus IB... While Vozgian is currently under development, Wenedyk is
still far from ready, and Hattic is suffering a severe lack of attention ;) .
But for the remote future, I have several projects in mind, including this one
and a similar thing for Tocharian.

> What is it with these P-Other voiceless stop splits. 
> They are way-cool, but wy is it always P that gets to
> have all the fun.  No fair to the other stops.  :)

Hehe. I am starting to think that it is time for someone to create a P-Germanic
language :) .

> Ob-Romlang-Q:
> 
> How do you say "It's Greek to me!" or suitable
> variation thereof in your various Romlangs?  I'm
> thinking the Carrajena version must be something like:
>  "Si lovindu al arava."

Well, literally I would say: "Je~ mieje urzyk£a jad sona komód grzec" (to my
ears that sounds like Greek). Or "... komód chinióz" (... like Chinese).

Jan

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"Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones

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