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Re: Benencontrati (well met)



--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> wrote:
>
>  --- Italocarune skrzypszy:
> 
> > Benencontrati e chao. Thought I'd introduce myself. You probably
> > don't know of Carune, my  romance conlang, though you might. 
> 
> Actually, I do, but that's probably because I've been active on
> Langmaker lately! :)
> 
> Bie&#324;wi&#281;ty o nostra grupa!
Thanks!
> > In case you wondered, my username is derived from the subfamily of
> > romance languages to which Carune and its cousin Mònzo belong. The 
> > Italo-Carune family is the second subbranch of the Ibero-Italic 
> > (cross between Spanish and Italian=Carune). 
> 
> What I did find remarkable in the genealogy though, is that it
> doesn't mention the word "Romance"!
> 
> In any case, the language has a nice look-and-feel. Indeed, it
> definitely evokes Italian recollections rather than Spanish! But you,
> as an Italian (right?) may of course have a completely different
> idea. BTW, I think "con-dialects" are far too rare in our art...
Actually, I'm American (though you're not the first to think I am European. Someone else 
assumed Spanish). The plurals are intended to look Italian, but I really thought it looked 
more Spanish. Really, I'm intrigued. I may have to change my description of the two 
families, as I suspect Mònzo may look more Spanish, if only in the verbs. If only I'd gotten 
more feedback from the Spanish-speakers on the CBB. All I got was a bunch of "yes I can 
read that"'s from the Italian and French speakers. The French had more trouble with it, 
though.