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Re: [romconlang] Re: Romance family tree

Jan van Steenbergen wrote:


 --- Benct Philip Jonsson skrzypszy:



I tend to use "Slvanjec" and "Slevan" somewhat indiscriminately,
mostly out of fear that ['sl=van_jEts] will get mispronounced.
In German it is "Schlewanisch", in French "Slévanois" and in
Hungarian "Szelvanyec"! ;)



And Wenedyk "S'lewanik", for the record!

BTW, wouldn't the French rather be "Slévanique", given the etymology?


Nah, the Franciens probably borrowed the term via German.  However in
modern usage "slévanique" is the adjective referring to the country,
while an inhabitant is either "un Slévan" or "un Slévanien" similar
to native and English usage.  The Germans of course say "slewanisch"
and "Slewanier".

/BP 8^)
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