On Mon, 04 Aug 2008, R A Brown wrote:
> andrew wrote:
> > Hmmm, Thrjotrunn must be something like the great-grandchild of
> > Brithenig. I wonder what Romlangs look like plotted out on a flow
> > chart?
>
> I wonder, indeed, if they would all fit on a single flow chart.
>
Probably not, and I don't think parent-child relations could be proven.
I imagine the best result would be a timeline when romlangs were first
created.
> It's true that /tS/ is found only in recent English loan words in
> Welsh - but it does occur with soft mutation /dZ/ in Cornish.
>
What causes affricates to occur in Cornish? Is it the result of front
vowels or are there other environments?
> It is indeed, and would probably lead a 'Bethisad' schism. My own
> view is that Brithenig is now truly embedded into the Bethisad
> project it is better to leave it as it is. If you really want to make
> significant changes to Brithenig it would, in my opinion, be better
> to produce a different conlang as an _alternative_ to Brithenig - as
> mine would be if I ever get around to working on it - in a different
> conculture to Bethisad (for alternative histories of western Europe
> since the Roman period must be truly legion! :)
Best to leave it as is. I think if I did get around to working on an
alternative Brythonic conlang I should have a go at doing an a priori
language. Could be interesting to try. (Although Sindarin already
exists! :) At my current rate of conlanging this should take place
sometime around about when we achieve technological singularity.
Grammatically I consider Brithenig a closed canon. Lexically I'm still
researching words and phrases for translation exercises.
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