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I need to know what the latin original might be so I can extrapolate the modern word in my lang, but I'm not too sure how Latin formed language names, grammatically speaking. I tried looking at modern romance languages to see if I could 'reverse-engineer' the answer, to no avail.
The geographical name ends up as / 'rean@ / by the way, which is quite nice, (or / 'traSre,na:n@ / if I use the longer name, which I'm not so keen on).
Peter----- Original Message ----- From: "Padraic Brown" <elemtilas@hidden.email>
To: <romconlang@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [romconlang] language names - adverbs?
--- Peter Collier <petecollier@hidden.email> wrote:I wish I'd paid more attention in Latin class all those years ago! How would you derive a language name from Rh�nus (The river Rhine) in Latin? Rh�n�? Or would it more likely be devolved somehow from Rh�n�nia (my Roman province *there*)? Looking to the forms of langauge names in existing Romance languages doesn't help, they seem to be all over the place! Any input greatly appreciated!Not quite sure what you're after. Are you looking for how Latin forms names? From older names or newly made named? Are you looking for how a Latin descended language forms names? Latin seems to favour feminine names (Roma, Italia); but abviously not all are feminine. Some context would be of help! Padraic.Peter.Camifi, Marusi, teterani, tester fuferios asteros; tamenio vem Persaecion empuriase ed ec pasem emduriase! --Pomperios Perfurios. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.bethisad.com> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> . To unsubscribe, send an email to: romconlang-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links