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(First I wanted to send this privately, but then I thought it might be interesting for the rest too) Benct, I love your Raamaniyaan GMP. From the moment I first noticed the existence of the language (some two or three years ago, I think) I have always been extremely curious about it, and I'm glad something is finally coming out. Before I can give any preciser comments or make suggestions I'll need to study it very carefully. For now I can only say that it really looks extremely interesting. I would love to see some grammar and text samples! I have two related questions, though. Can Raamaniyaan exist in the same universe as Persian? As you might recall, in a very early stage of Wenedyk I played with the thought of having it coexistent with Polish; but then I thought it would be implausible that two neighbouring languages of different families went through exactly the same phonological and orthographical development. So I abandoned the idea, and made Wenedyk replace Polish in IB. The same happened with Brithenig vs. Welsh. Next question (related to question 1): where do you imagine Raamaniyaan is spoken exactly? Persia would be logical, but you also mentioned Russia as a possibility. If you want to implement Raamaniyaan in IB (which I would welcome), here are some thoughts. I think it has more or less been established that Persia speaks Farsi, although I'm not sure how firmly; perhaps it can be changed. Little or no work has been done on Persia as a country, although it is sometimes mentioned in other contexts. If you opt for a part of the territory of *here*'s Soviet Union, then it seems you have two options: either west of the Caspian Sea, in which case you would probably end up in Azerbaijan (nothing written at all) or the North Caucasian Federation (something written by me, but not much). Or east of it, which would place R. somewhere in Turkestan (in Turkmenistan, most likely; some work done by me, including a map). All possible solutions are open for discussion! Cheers, Jan ===== "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html