Re: Question about Romlangs/CeltiConlangs

Thank you guys for your answers. They are really helpful.
By the way, can your languages be admired somewhere on the web? I managed to
download complete grammars of Brithenig and Breathanach, but about Kerno and
Judajca in particular I could find almost nothing.

--- Padraic wrote:

> Indeed. It's a peculiar branch of the Art, and I think
> in many ways more of a challenge than a priori
> conlanging. Particularly if you try to do what Andrew
> did and make a historically plausible Romancelang.
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.

> The only words I can think of that are actually priori
> are "quimpeor" (fancy), "gouach" (cry of pain) and "grouex" (grrrr!).
LOL

> While the passive in -r barely exists in Gaelic (I
> think), its Latin descendant has taken new territories
> in Kerno.
I thought Kerno (or Kernu? I have seen both) was based rather on Cornish?

--- Steg Belsky wrote:

> Well, i haven't really worked on Judajca (Judean Romance) that much, but
> i have added a-priori elements into the soundshifts that occur.  The
> variety of Vulgar Latin that was influenced by Hebrew and Aramaic to form
> Judajca already had a few sound changes that occured before the Semitic
> influence began, for instance the shift of syllable-final /r/ and /l/ to
> /l/ and /w/, respectively, as well as a tendency to voice intervocalic
> /s/ (which then, under influence from the NW Semitic /t/ > [s]
> softeneing, shifts to /S/) and devoice non-intervocalic /w/ (/w/ and /W/
> then later shift to /v/ and /f/).  Also an erosion of the ends of words
> was involved, including the |-is| at the end of genetives, as well as the
> final vowels of verb infinitives.
> Most of the a-posteriori changes are attempts to fit a Romance language
> into a Hebrew/Aramaic phonological system, as well as grammatical changes
> (like the development of the nom. and gen. cases into non-construct and
> construct) to make it work more like the Semitic adstrate influence.
Same question. I am really eager to see more of the language.

Cheers,
Jan


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