Re: yet another romance conlang

Fabian wrote:

> > I'd love to create a Latin/something meld, but all the good ones seem to be
> > taken, or too unlikely, or too hard to research. Latin/Arabic is essentially
> > Maltese. Latin/Germanic is esentially English. Latin/Swahili is essentially
> > improbable. Latin/Japanese is out there with the pixies.
Actually, I just remembered that some interesting archaeological finds have
been made in South America of Roman merchant vessels which had, apparently,
been blown off course while trading in the Atlantic.  I think these were found in
Rio de Janeiro's harbor, which puts them pretty close to Guaraní -- why not
Romano-Guaraní?  (That would take some pretty hefty research on your part,
of course.)

You could also try Latin-Berber, or Latin-Basque combinations, I suppose.
(Those may have actually existed at one point, at least until the Visigoths laid
waste Spain and North Africa.)

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