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Re: Question about Romlangs/CeltiConlangs

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 20, 2002, 1:49
--- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
wrote:

> That’s exactly what I am trying to do. But I must > admit that my history bending > easily become history violation to make it > historically acceptible.
It was never my style to make such a language. Kerno is almost certainly not "plausible" in that way. I still admire the attempts, though!
> I thought Kerno (or Kernu? I have seen both) was > based rather on Cornish?
Kernu is an older / alternative spelling. One thing you'll soon learn about the language is that there is no One Word One Spelling rule. The principal substrate of Kerno is the Old British language of first century Dumnonia. It is truly a Romance language, though. As far as its similarities to Cornish, there are curious similarities. I understand that the current Kerno orthography is something of a burlesque on all the modern Cornish orthographies out there. I haven't studied modern Cornish, so really couldn't say. Certain aspects of Cornish culture have influenced the culture of Dunein. If you read the timeline of Dunein's history, you'll see some reflexions of "real" Cornish history. Other lingusitic influences come from Classical Latin, Spanish, Brithenig, English and of course, French. Ouel, ty poz gouethent mais Kerno... Il substratum principal le cante Kerno yst ymbasoes en le cante y Combrow la Dunnonea ny .i. etat. Mais, yst gouerment un cants Romanethyck. Poz il sew similaritat li cante "Cornethyck", ay y alchyn enfluencea interesanz. Gouizdeor-me ke l' ortographea dil Kerno actual yst yn bourlesquínes di thot y h-orthographes le "Cornethyck". (Nay me il cant "Cornethyck", ni l' ystuddiar-el, sich ne pozem me pick perfar.) C' alchyn lor aspeythes cultural di "Courouaile" avuont provendes c' un enfluencea do li cultura di Ddûnein. Si leys ty la linea courant l' historea di la Prouencea, gouethurast ty ces reflexion l' ysteir di "Cournouail". Mais enfluences llingwistig sont gouentyw des ces llingedig: le Latin classick, l' Yspanithyck, le Brithonyck, le Zoawzen, et tramp curse le Galles. See: http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad/phrasebook.html for the first few chapters of the Kerno phrasebook. Good for travellers, but doesn't really give you a good look at the language. For that, try: http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad/guimier.htm for a long connected text in Kerno. Mind you, it's in the old Literary Standard language, not the spoken language I wrote in above.
> Jan
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