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Re: [romconlang] Re: language names - adverbs?

Christian Thalmann <cinga@hidden.email> wrote:
> As for Latin, I presume one would have used the ablative: francâ
> loquuntur.

Latin _does_ use the adverb, derived from the adjective, as language
names are not normally construed as nouns, afaict. Ex.:

Cum Deo loquendum est Hispanice,
cum mulieribus loquendum est Gallice,
cum hostibus Germanice loquendum est.


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