Sheets, Jeff wrote:
> Do you know of any languages which derive their "nationally" used name from
> a preceding language upon which it is based? Like if there were a language
> out there called Ezbangi, and have it directly related to Spanish (Espanol)?
French < Frankish (a German dialect)
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)