Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:

> I have tacitly based by musings about Ill Bethisad on the assumption
> that it is about on the same level of cultural and technological
> development as our world.  Is it, or is it not?
A little behind (no PCs) and a little different in some areas (aircraft
are only used for military purposes, e.g.). Think 1965-75.

> You mean the Channel Islands?  The language is named Arvorec.  What is
> their political status, anyway?
They are an independent constitutional monarchy.  The chief industries
are smuggling and money-laundering.

> Yes.  Many of the Jews living in Kemr will be refugees from Spain after
> the Reconquista.  But also having an indigenous Jewish language (either
> a Judaeo-Celtic or a Judaeo-Brithenig) would be fine.  There should
> already have been Jews in Kemr even before the Reconquista of Spain.
After the Jewish Enlightenment, J-Brithenig probably died out as a
separate language, same as J-French, J-Italian, and Western Yiddish.
(Eastern) Yiddish and J-Spanish only survived *here* because their speakers
migrated to an area where alien languages (Slavic and Turkic respectively)
were spoken, so the language could not merge with the surrounding
languages.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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