Nik Taylor wrote:
> Carlos Thompson wrote:
> > * Floridian (Spanish) and Hamburgish (German) are official in their
> > states, but are seldom used in any official confederated event.
>
> What kinds of differences exist between Floridian and Standard Spanish
> or Hamburgish [I get the image of talking food ;-)] and German?
Probably is more like the concept of "Spanish" and "German" don't apply in
Zera. Castillian colonies broke contact with the Peninsula earlier.
Dialectal features and influence of European and Native Columbian/American
languages, and national pride lead into Floridian, Diegano, Criollo to be
counted as different languages, both different than Castillian (see bellow
on Spain).
> > Philadelfia (English)
>
> Is this a typo for Philadelphia, or did they, in this timeline, change
> the second _ph_ but not the first?
I guess is a typo... I'm still deciding if I'll make it a feature.
> > Official Language: Diegano (Sandiegian Spanish).
>
> How divergent are these various Spanishes?
Mutual inteligible(sp?) for educated people, like OTL Spanish and
Portuguess, or Swedish and Danish.
> > Southern North America (Southern Mexico and Central America)
> >
> > -Kingdom of Humbrilaang
> > Native Columbian nation.
> > Official language: Humbrilian
> >
> > -Federation of Semtalika
> > Native Columbian nation
> > Official language: Semtalian
> >
> > -Republic of Lulupatli
> > Native Coulmbian nation
> > Official Language: Semtalian
>
> No Aztecs?
They never existed in Zera. European history is almost the same but
American history was different from the begining.
> > -Danish territories
> > Columbian Northern Territories, from Greenland to the limits with
Alaska
>
> So roughly Canada and Greenland?
Northern Canada and Greenland. Lemuraki is extended up to Hudson bay, and
Quebec is larger than OTL Quebec province.
> > -Japanese colonies
> > Some islands and small on shore bases in the Pacific coast.
>
> Interesting. What made the Japanese found colonies in this timeline?
>
> > Other languages: Nyucar (English), Criollo (Spanish)
>
> How do these differ from Standard English and St. Spanish?
About Nyucar: what ever some 100 years of obligatory education in
Hangkerimce (English forbiden at school), plus isolation with England and
other English speaking countries, plus an orthographic reform, could make.
Ditto for Criollo.
> > -Kingdom of Portugal
> > Capital moved to America terrotory.
> > Official language: Portuguese
>
> Are its borders in America similar to modern-day Brazil?
Similar I guess. There wasn't big Native nations in the Amazon basin, but
Papalegrita in the South covers OTL Parana basin.
> > -Republic of Castilla
> > -Republic of Catalunya
>
> So Spain was never united?
Spain were united under Elizabeth of Castilla and Ferdinand.of Aragon (as in
OTL), but when the Spanish Empire fell, it fell in both America, Europe and
the Iberic peninsula.
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