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Hi!
Padraic Brown <elemtilas@hidden.email> writes:
> --- Henrik Theiling <theiling@hidden.email> wrote:
>...
> > Yes, that sounds sensible. Could we name the
> > difference by using
> > 'historical romlang/artlang' vs. 'diachronical
> > romlang/artlang'? The
> > former based on real history, the second,
> > although also using a
> > consistent conhistory, on a fictional set of
> > rules?
>
> I'm sure such a distinction could be made, but
> I'm not sure it would matter. The difference is
> still one of an historical model v. pure
> aesthetics, right? Or did I miss something?
Maybe we're talking about the same thing, I don't know. :-)
I meant that both have a model, a conhistory, a grand master plan, but
for one, it is based on an existing natlang, and for the other, it is
pure aesthetics.
Examples:
'historical romlang': Brithenig, Wenedyk, Þrjótrunn, ...
=> grand master plan from other natlang
'diacronical romlang': Jovian, Rhodese, Terkunan, ...
=> personal grand master plan
'artistical romlang': Aingeljã, Regimonti, ...
=> purely artistical
Forgive me for the great conlangs I did not mention above, this list
is purely for the demonstration what categories I mean. And forgive
me in case I got the categorisation wrong -- I'm doing this off my
head.
Of course there are mixed romlangs.
>...
> Interesting stuff! It certainly adds depth to a
> conlang to consider details like this.
Thanks! It's a lot of fun. Þrjótrunn showed me how much fun it
really is. :-)
**Henrik