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--- Dan Jones skrzypszy:
> > 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.
>
> Again, I would say no <Dan turns into a complete spoilsport>.
> *Linguistically*, from what I can tell, they simply don't fit
> together- Lessinu is simply a lot more archaic than Jelbazech. It
> should be remembered that the so-called "Germanic" features of
> Jelbazech are fairly superficial- they're more like areal features
My impression is that the same seems to be the case for Lessinu. And
like Jelbazech, Lessinu also appear to have a variation without High
German sound changes. The problem is that I know very little about
Lessinu. I don't know if Joe is subscribed to this list, but I'm
afraid we'll need his help on the matter.
> As for Ladin, hmm. Really, *here* Ladin is mutualy intelligible
> with Rhaeto-Romance, and can be considered dialects of one another.
> *There*, I think that Ladin would in fact be a dialect (or a
> language closely related to) Jelbazech.
Possibly. It's existence has been established, but nothing is known
about the details. What you write seems plausible.
> [1] For comparison, here's part of the Strasbourg Oath in Old
> Jelbazech (circa 1000 CE) and Modern Jelbazech. [...]
Cool! I'll try my teeth on it as well. This text could essentially
serve as a specimen of any Romlang without its major sound changes.
Jan
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