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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@y...> wrote: > --- habarakhe4 skrzypszy: > > How about a Helvetian Republic in FI with Rhaeto-Romance as the > > official language? [...] > > > > Thoughts? > > I like the idea. Although, I assume the language wouldn't exactly be > popular among the native speakers of other languages. A situation > similar to Irish *here*, I guess. "Rhaetian is a minor Romance language spoken in the Republic of Rhaetia, a small nation bordering the Kingdom of Lombardy, the Austrian Empire, the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the Helvetian Republic. The Republic was created and confirmed at the Congress of Vienna. Soon afterwards, the Rhaetian author Martinus Serraticus published _The Song of St. Severinus_, which crystalised the fledgling national movement and established the local language as a serious literary idiom." -from "Languages, Constitutions, and Religions: A Guide to the Small Nations of Europe" by Chretien St. Michel. > > Jan > > ===== > "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." > > Relay 10/R - schedule: <http://steen.free.fr/relay10/schedule.html> > - rules: <http://steen.free.fr/relay10/intro.html> > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com