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Re: Newbie



--- 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 with historical references; I'm also a conlang artist, or a 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?