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Katab Padraic Brown: | --- Isaac Penzev <isaacp@hidden.email> wrote: | | > BTW, if I were creating an "Interromance" (once | > I indeed had an idea to | > start a "Mesoromanica" project), I would have | > preserved most of the | > idiosyncrasies the natural Romance langs have | > in common. | | I wouldn't disagree with that design principle, | though I should hope that such preservation is | not overdone. OIC. I have misformulated my thought again. I should specify two different sets of criteria for two different purposes: one for an IAL, one for an a_posteriori realistic/naturalictic artlang. | All the Romance languages retain a | host of personal inflexion in the verbs. That is | something that could probably be dispensed with | for simplicity sake. For an IAL, it is indeed excessive. For an artlang, it is the thing that (subjectively) makes it most Romance-flavored. | Yet I think it's I-a that | retains a number distinction between es and son. | That sort of thing, if done sparingly, is not a | bad idea. Tiny irregularities make a language vivid. Especially when we meet the verb "to be". For example, Esperanto word _estas_ is too long and stange looking for me. -- Yitzik | Cheers, | Padraic | | > | Padraic | > | > Respects, | > -- Yitzik | | | 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 | | | | | |