Re: Guarda (jara: Taxonomic list)

--- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
wrote:
>  --- Adam Walker skrzypszy:
>
> > Oh, and that _d_ went by the wayside about six
> months
> > ago.  It's been Carrajena without the _d_ since
> quite
> > some time before I got this email account.  The
> most
> > recent thing is that I realized since I raised {e}
> > before all nasals except /m/ to {i} the spelling
> > carajena is now archaic.  It should now be
> Carrajina,
> > but perhaps the spelling was left untouched by the
> > spelling reform.
>
> Hasn't Carrejina underwent more name changes? I also
> have notes about
> Cardaji&#37812;nsa and Cartaje&#38579;, both
carrying your name.
> And I found the following
> set of numbers: unus, duos, tres, baduro, pimi,
> secse, septe, opto, nove, dese.
> Is this still the same language, or should these be
> considered separate
> projects?
>
Shhhh.  you aren't supposed to remember those
embarrassing early posts about this language.
Unfortunately, I do have to lay claim to all of those
variant spellings as I figured ou the phonology and I
pronounce anathema on those numbers.  Those early
posts were the scribblings of a mad man holding a
crayon between his toes!

Adam


> > Didn't Romanian do that?  Preserve
> > an archaic spelling of the name of the language
> when
> > it should have been changed by a spelling reform?
>
> Well, at least Wenedyk does that. Besides, the name
> of the language violates
> several of its phonological rules. Actually, it
> should have been Wniedzik
> (yak!) or perhaps Wien'dzik. No, I definitely like
> Wenedyk better, so let's
> attribute that strange inconsistency to foreign
> influence.
>
> Jan
>
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