Re: Introduction to Jovian (Comments, anyone?)
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 8, 2002, 14:17 |
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 08:13:27 -0500, Christopher B Wright
<faceloran@...> wrote:
>That's about what happened for Lashkos, which is Latin influenced by
>modern Hindi. The Romans were taken to a strange world in suspended
>animation on a slow, unmanned ship while the Indians, or perhaps
>Pakistanis, were taken (around AD 1500) in a fast ship. When they
>arrived, the Romans took over, forcing everyone to learn Latin while many
>people spoke Hindi at home. They inevitably influenced each other.
Well, I guess you have a point there.
After reading your answer, I took the freedom to pay a visit to your site.
I found a lot of nice things there, especially Sturnan.
I am very curious about the language you describe, Lashkos. Unfortunately,
the link to its lexicon seems to be quite dead. Could this be the truth?
Jan