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--- On Thu, 12/18/08, thedudeatx <thedudeatx@hidden.email> wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>Is there any definitive (or at least exhaustive) list of the
>romconlangs (or at least the major/well known/most developed) floating
>around out there?
>
>Dale
Big questions indeed! I doubt there is a definitive list, though I've seen copious (if not exhaustive) lists. Langmaker, now apparently defunct, used to be a good source. I'm not sure where to find such a list anymore.
As for the other question, how do we quantify "major", "well known" (shades of Wikipedia bickering that one!) and "most developed"? What qualities would a Romance conlang possess in order for it to be a major Romance conlang? What counts as well known (I would hazard "this language has been heard of by but one person outside the conlang community!), and why should we (conlangers) really care about how well known a language is in the general population? How developed is well developed? Do you mean "the author could cram a decent sized grammar book full of his conlangs gears and widgets?" or "it's got a whopping big lexicon" or both or something else?
For both "major" and "well known" I would propose about three Romance conlangs: Brithenig, Wenedyk and Lingua Franca Nova. The fame of the former has spread due in no small part to the part its author and his language play in the Ill Bethisad alternate world project. Both have been talked about on diverse discussion forums (not just conlang related) and both have / have had Wikipedia articles. The latter is especially famous in Eastern Europe where apparently many Poles have taken a great liking to it. It too is connected with the same Ill Bethisad project. The last one I don't anything about personally, but know that it has had a long internet presence and is an auxlang.
As for "well developed"...I don't know. I am undecided as to what even counts as well developed!
Padraic