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Mi ysgrifennodd Jan van Steenbergen:
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.
I disagree. From what we have in the Wiki, Lessinu speakers *were isolated* during most "Common Romance" sound changes. As I said in the other post- they missed out on four hundred years of common sound-changes. Yes, Jelbazech and Lessinu have a common ancestor, but they share that common ancestor with all other Romance languages (except possibly Sardinian). Without comparing Jelbazech's sound changes to Lessinu's the matter can't really be resolved.
IV. South-Eastern Romance A. Central and southern Italian B. Jelbazech C. Dalmatian D. Rumanian V. North-Eastern Romance A. Wenedyk B. Slezan C. SlevanI 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.
My reasons for placing Jelbazech with the Eastern Romance group were twofold: firstly, a commonality of certain vocabulary, semantic change and early sound change. Secondly, I designed it that way, so I should really know ;o)
Dan -- Ry'n ni yma o hyd, Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth.