Re: Evolution of Romance (was: **Answer to Pete**)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 11, 2008, 11:44 |
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Quoting R A Brown <ray@...>:
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> By 'Ancient Italian' I understand the Proto-language from which not only
> Early Latin but also Venetic, Umbrian, Oscan, Sabellian and Sabine are
> derived - if indeed Yves Cortez is calling Proto-Romance "Ancient
> Italian" what does he call the Proto-language of all the related IE
> Italian languages?
I don't know what Mr Cortez calls it, but isn't this stage usually refered as
(ancient, proto-) Ital*ic* rather than Ital*ian*?
Andreas
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