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Re: [romconlang] Boundaries of Romance



habarakhe4 wrote:
> 
> How far does a language have to change until it is no longer a Romance language? I would 
> say that my conlang Tahian (Germanic sound shifts and Uralic vowel harmony) has gone 
> that far, but what about Rhaeto-Romance? Are there any essential components of 
> "Romance" without which it is no longer Romance?

Romance languages, *by definition* are those languages derived from
Latin. If it's derived from Latin, it's a Romance language, no matter
how weird it gets. So, no there's no way for a Romance language to stop
being a Romance language.

Dan