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Re: [romconlang] Corrected classification of Romance languages in Ill Bethisad



 --- Benct Philip Jonsson skrzypszy: 

> Then there is the question of my own Perso-Romance
> Baazramani -- if it is to be a language of IB it will
> probably be a subgroup of its own too.

I vote yes.

> So here is a revised version of IB Romance languages:
> 
> 
> I. Western Romance
>      A. Britanno-Romance
>      B. Gallo-Romance
>      D. Northern Italian
>      E. Ibero-Romance

No C? ;)

Actually, I think Jovian could very well serve as category C on its
own. Agreed, it is definitely a Western Romance language, although it
is different enough from all the others. Now that I think of it, it
could probably be listed as an isolate as well.

> II. Lessinu

I'm still not sure about Lessinu's qualification as an isolate. See
my other message. My assumption is that it could very well share a
common ancestor with Jelbazech, and that it has just change so
significantly because of its isolated position in German-speaking
territory. But, like I said, it's hard to say anything without Joe's
input.

> IV. South-Eastern Romance
>      A. Central and southern Italian
>      B. Jelbazech
>      C. Dalmatian
>      D. Rumanian
> V. North-Eastern Romance
>      A. Wenedyk
>      B. Slezan
>      C. Slevan

I still get the feeling that Jelbazech's classification as
South-Eastern Romance is somewhat strange. From Dan's description,
Jelbazech and the Slavo-Romance language share pretty much,
historically.
Also, I very much doubt in how far Romanian/Dalmatian/Jelbazech?
would really be known as "South-Eastern" if Judajca and Baazramani
are also around.

> VI. Levantine
>      A. Judajca
>      B. Gallilean
> VII. Baazramani

Too many categories would make the scheme moot IMO. How about adding
Judajca (or rather, Levantine) to the same category that includes
Romanian?

Otherwise, excellent work!

Jan

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