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Re: CHAT: weird names,was Re: conlanging,the ultimate feminist

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, August 9, 1999, 16:38
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout scripsit:

> > Rhaeto-Romance, > > That's the same as "Romansch" isn't it?
Plus Friulian and Ladin.
> > Dalmatian (died out in > > the 16th century), > > He asked for "modern" and probably meant "spoken now" <check > calendar> no, I don't think we're in the 16th century :-)
I should have said "19th century", which is fairly modern.
> Probably also Interlingua and Latino Sine Flexione if we're counting > *everything*.
And about 25 Romance creoles, of which Haitian Creole French is the largest (7.3 million speakers in all countries, at least 90% monolingual). Lesser Antilles Creole French, which has several varieties, has over 1 million speakers, and the French-based creole spoken on Reunion (an island in the Pacific) has nearly that many. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin