Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig

Yscreus ill Orgh Rhimeir:

>> I don't think we have suvs *there*. Cars, certainly and trucks.
>
>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?
The technology is a little "different". We do have cars and trains and
zeppelins; there are computers and many other things that are
recognisably "modern". On the other hand, the computers aren't as
advanced or as widespread; technology in general is probably more
reminiscent of the late 1970s or early 1980s. There does appear to be
a kind of nascent intercomputer network; but is still the domain of
schools, researchers and the military. Some areas are more advanced
than others: Kemr proper seems to be fairly urban and industrial and
getting paved over quite nicely (horrid thought for llo hYlyl!); while
Dunein is largely rural, poor, and many people call it a nine day
wonder to see a car.

>
>> >To return to the languages: what other minority languages are there in
>> >Kemr?
>>
>> Irish Gaelic, Bloody Saxon, Kerno, Hindi, Spanish, French, Romany,
>> at least. As far as I know, Wessic is only spoken on Isle of Wight.
>
>Does the Isle of Wight belong to Kemr or England?
Belongs to the Wights, as far as I know. I think they separated
from Blighty a number of years ago.

>
>> > [suggestions of other languages spoken in Kemr]
>>
>> There is a P-Celtic tongue in the islands of the British Sea. I can
>> never remember the name, but it is a lovely sounding language.
>
>You mean the Channel Islands?  The language is named Arvorec.  What is
>their political status, anyway?
Two independant kingdoms; pleasant folk and neat pubs. All in all,
a nice stop-over for the France-Britain traffic.

>
>> >So add a P-Celtic minority, and be it a sort of Judaeo-Celtic (there are
>> >certainly Jews in Kemr; what is their traditional language besides the
>> >Hebrew they use for religious purposes?).
>>
>> Probably something similar to Judaeo-Spanish.
>
>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.
There are rather a large number of Spaniards living in Kerno in any
event; and Jews amongst them would probably speak Ladino. Actual
Kemrese Jews would probably speak Judaeo-Brithenig [Andrew, a new
Project for you!]

Padraic.

>Joerg.