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Re: [romconlang] is English a Romance language?



paul-bennett scripsit:

> I don't actually know of any direct loans from Sumerian, Basque or
> Burushaski (or any other isolates), but I'm prepared to accept willingly
> that there are at least Basque (via French or Spanish) loans in use. Oddly,
> I'm struggling to come up with Uralic and Caucasian loans, too.

Basque:  jai-alai, chaparral, silhouette.

Finnish: sauna, various technical terms.

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