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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Adam Walker <carrajena@y...> wrote: > > --- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@y...> > 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 Uchunata is derived from Classical Latin with an Etrusco-Guanche substrate and a substantial number of Greek loanwoards. Its evolution follows a Berber model, while the horizontal combination of short vowels of the same height is a distinguishing feature. I also have a grandplan for a Germano-Magyarized Romlang, and a sketchy Sino-Tibetan Latin. BTW, for my birthday, I received the Encyclopedia of Ancient Languages. It shall be a midwife to new conlangs, no doubt. > > ===== > > "If you think you are too small to make a > > difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a > > mosquito." > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > > Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > ===== > Idavi avins patorrechi djinerachunis djul Avramu ad ul Davidu ed avins patorrechi djinerachunis djil deporrachuni in al Baviluña ad ul Cristu. > > Machu 1:17