Re: Guarda (jara: Taxonomic list)

Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:

> > 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?
Primarily for political reasons, to reinforce their claim to being Roman.
Even during the years when most âs were replaced with îs, "România"
and related words remained.

> 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.
Hey, if Españon can be replaced by the occitanism Español, anything can
happen.

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