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--- Benct Philip Jonsson skrzypszy:
> I've been mulling over the classification of Romance languages
> in Ill Bethisad. I have two alternative classifications.
> The first is based on the most common one *here*: [...]
>
> The second alternative classification is more tentative:
I think I prefer the second one. However:
> I. Western Romance
> B. Gallo-Romance
> Narbonese
> Franco-Provencal
> Francien
Not sure, but perhaps Laurentien (the kind of Francien spoken in NF)
should be counted as a separate language?
> C. Lessinu
See below.
> E. Ibero-Romance
> Catalan?
> Castellano
> Ladino
> Aragonese
> Portuguese
Don't forget Montreiano!
> II. Central Romance
> A. North-Eastern Romance
> Wenedyk
> Slezan
> Slevan
> B. Rhaeto-Romance
> C. Central and southern Italian
Perhaps "II. North Romance" would be more logical. Especially since
it would leave open the possibility of Southern Romance sometime in
the future...
> III. Eastern Romance
> C. Dalmatian
> D. Rumanian
> E. Judajca
I like Padraic's and Steg's idea of having it this way:
E. Levantine
Judaica
Galilean
> I'm not sure if this classification would imply that
> Rhaeto-Romance be different from *here*, OTOH it does
> take account of the differences between Wenedyk-Slezan-
> Slevan on the one hand and Rumanian-Dalmatian on the other.
Yes, I agree with Wenedyk-Slezan-Slevan not being classified as
"Eastern Romance".
--- Dan Jones skrzypszy:
> Two factors to consider: *there* "Rhaeto-Romance" as it is *here*
> does not exist- it's wholly replaced by Jelbazech.
No RR? Aaaaargh!!! Does it really have to be that way? I like RR so
much! Couldn't it be that under the Helvetian violence all Rumantsch
speakers emigrated to Liechtenstein?
Anyway, perhaps Rumantsch has been replaced by Jelbazech, but I
suppose Ladin and Friulian must be still there...
> Also, J. is definately Eastern Romance in character, being
> essentially derived from the dialects spoken in Raetia, Germania
> Superior, Alpes Poeninae and (to a certain extent) Noricum.
In that case, it might be an idea to classify both Jelbazech and
Lessinu (the two seem to have a lot in common, notably the German
soundchange) into a common subcategory of II. Central (or North)
Romance.
Jan
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