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Re: Language Naming

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, January 21, 1999, 22:26
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) -- 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)