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Re: Who's in Ill Bethisad anyway? (fwd)

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Sunday, April 1, 2001, 18:09
quick question: in Rumantsch, how does one articulate the sound spelled
with 'tg'?

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Dan Jones wrote:

> Andrew wrote: > > > A German Soundshift language should be made quite clear that it isn't > > Germanech. Germanech occurs because the Roman Empire and its coloniae > > extended further into Germania than occured *here*. That effects how > > history turns out. Rather than repeat that I would accept that a German > > tribe such as the Bayavari (sic) change from OHG to VL and still keep > > the same sound changes. > > <coughs politely> I've had a Germanic-based romancelang around for ages- > Jelbäzech. It was inspired by a passage in the Encyclopaedia Britannica: > > "It is also evident that Romance languages have been retreating south before > German for some time, and it is probable that Romance tongues were used in > the whole of Switzerland and parts of Bavaria and Austria until roughly the > 9th to 10th century." > > So, I came up with La Könze Jelbäzech, the County of Helvetia, where El Konz > Ludöwich I unified the country in 782 CE and managed to drive back the > Burgundian and Alemannic tribes. Currently a constitutional monarchy, under > Küng Ludöwich XII, it has a bicameral parliament headed by El Dön Märschalch > (lit. the Lord Marshal) and the country is ruled from Waren (Berne). > > IIRC, there is a web-site for it: www.geocities.com/jelbazech/ > > Would this fit into Ill Bethisad? > > Dan > > ----------------------------------------------- > Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo". > > Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá > alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama > yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam > vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira." > ----------------------------------------------- > Dan Jones > ----- Original Message ----- >
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