Re: Introduction to Ninfeano

Rachel Klippenstein wrote:

> Interesting.  If I had come across this out of
> context, I would have thought it was Spanish.  (I
> don't speak any Romance language, but I can usually
> recognize which is which in writing.)
Well, the phonology was modeled on Spanish with a trend towards
Italian, for example the inclusion of [dZ].

> Where does the name Ninfeano come from?  Is it from a
> Romance root?
It comes from Latin "Nymphae" - it was named after the water lily
and inspired by the painting by Claude Monet.  I chose it because it
was pretty and also it reminds of the Roman divinity, the water
nymph.

Thank you for your interest. :)

Sabrina

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