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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Raven Silverwings" <atlantean_ice_crystal@h...> wrote: > Hello! My name is Kevyn, and I'm 15 years old. I live in BC, and I > adore the beauty and cadence of the Romance languages, despite how > after looking at the other posts, I'm not apt at creating a conlang > with historical references; I'm also a conlang artist, or a > glossopoet. I'm looking forward to enjoying this group, despite any > homework that may bombard me in the future. > > I love languages; I've grown a sudden connection with them when I was > 13 on a very boring summer. I am Filipino, so I do understand Tagalog > (I can't string together sentences well though), and I'm learning > French and Spanish at school. Out of school, I know how to read, > write, and speak basic Esperanto, and I know conversational Japanese. > I would like to learn either Portuguese or Italian, depending on my > mood in the future, as well as Latin, Sanskrit, Hawai'ian, > Mandarin/Korean, Indonesian, and maybe if any time, Lojban or > Swahili. I like languages, though I tend to love the ones less > spoken; I'll take Hawai'ian over Japanese any day, because of > popularity. Some of my hobbies also include cultural activities > (which I would like to learn about,) rollerblading, origami, religion > (I used to be Wiccan, I was 'saved' in a Pentecostal church, and now > I'm Catholic; I still love, enjoy and respect the beliefs of many > religions) and that's it for my intro since it's getting longer. > > PS: What if the Roma spoke a Romance dialect, a pidgin you might say? > That when they travelled, they had this dialect that would connect to > other Roma in the Romance-spoken countries of Europe, yet with > vocabulary from other countries and Romani? I'm creating a conlang > based on this hypothesis, but as instead of something historical, my > own artistic creation; a fusion of beauty that shows my appreciation > for the Roma and the Romance languages. It's not an 'elite' thing, > but is it conceivable? (historically anyways). You do know that the Roma are not Roman or Romance in any way, right?