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Re: Salvi sitis!



Ah. As I have noted before, your Donatists are more tolerant than mine.

--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Adam Walker <carraxan@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I'm not sure that Donatist-dominant would be entirely accurate for the
> Carraxan lands.  Last I knew (1200s), the breakdown was something like 35%
> Donatist, 25% Catholic, 20% Muslim, 10% Greek, 5% Copt, 5% Jewish.  The
> Donatists are the largest group, but still not a majority of the
> population.  I believe that by the 1500's that may be something more like
> 45% Donatist, 25% Catholic, 10% Greek, 10% Jewish, 10% Muslim, 5% Copt --
> with the Donatist increase coming from conversions mainly from the Catholics
> and Muslims, the Jewish increase mainly from immigration from European
> states, and the Muslim decrease due partly to emmigration and partly to
> conversions.  There is also a tiny Domani population in the mix, some of
> whom practice one of the above faiths and some of whom follow a traditional
> paganism, which is equally true for the Tuareg nomads. However, the ruling
> dynasty has been Donatist since the end of Queen Sabija's regency.
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Anthony <mamercus88@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Salvi sitis!
> > This is Anthony Miles from the Conculture List (Fortunate Islands
> > Universe). I'm revving up the Revised Version of Fortunatian, with a
> > different phonaesthetic feel. I should also probably rethink the diachronics
> > of Taehian (an FIU romlang with a Germanic sound shift and Hungarian vowel
> > harmony), but what I have sketches for are two other romlangs: one potential
> > League of Lost Languages romlang called Li~1gua~1 La2ti2na~1, spoken in
> > northern China by descendents of Roman captives of the Persians (I don't
> > know the time frame yet), and another romlang called Linghia Latsina, spoken
> > in the Geodological Earth, where the Romance-speaking area is North Africa
> > (but in deference to the Fortunatians and Carrajenans, I'll make them
> > Catholic-dominant rather than Donatist. The Fortunatian material is here:
> > http://wiki.frath.net/Fortunatian
> >
> > I'll post comparisons of number and gender systes in the other romlangs
> > tomorrow.
> >
> > 
> >
> 
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