Re: Question about Romlangs/CeltiConlangs

On 08/18 21:53  Jan van Steenbergen wrote:

> Now, I have a very simple question to the creators of these languages.
>
> Are your languages really 100 % a posteriori, or did you introduce a priori
> elements (words, grammar) as well? Just curious.
>
> Padraic? Andrew? Christophe? Steg? Whomever I didn’t mention here?
>
The grammar for Brithenig is based on old Romance/Vulgar Latin
paradigms.  These paradigms follow the sound changes of Brithenig's GMD.
Certain verb classes, ie the subjunctive, have fossilized in Brithenig
due to a comparative trend happening in Welsh *here*.  Some old Celtic
words have survived into Brithenig, but for the most part the word stock
is Romance.  I would guess that for a lot of stuff Wenedyk could be free
to borrow from Old Slavonic and contemporary neighbouring languages.


- andrew.
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