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Re: [romconlang] Romance family tree



--- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@hidden.email>
wrote:

> > -PROTO-SARDINIAN
> > --Sardinian
> 
> Don't forget Jovian! I probably has little more in
> common with
> Sardinian than that both split off relatively early
> from Latin, but
> there you are! That's why I called them "early
> split-offs".
> Carrajena and Uchunata also seem to have some
> relationship with
> Sardinian, no?
> 
> jan
> 

I can't speak for Uchunata, but Carrajena does exhibit
the so-called Sardinian vowel system.  Latin short
vowels collapse together with their long counterparts.
 However several details of the consonant developments
are distinctly Eastern Romance (eg. qu > p).  But the
formation of plurals with -s is distinctly Western.  I
would find it pretty difficult to class C-a.  It's
either a Western lang with Eastern features or an
Eastern lang with Western features.  Maybe it needs
its own branch -- Southern, or Transmediterranian.

Adam
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