Re: Maps of Ill Bethisad.

Oups! Should've been sent to the list.

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En réponse à Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>:

> The maps (thus far) of Ill Bethisad can be accessed through:
> <http://polaris.umuc.edu/~pbrown/>
>
> Additions, comments, hints, etc. all welcome!
>
Now that I think of it, I wonder if Narbonósc could not fit into Ill Bethisad.
After all, all that it needs is less will for linguistic uniformisation (which
is characteristic of Ill Bethisad :) ) and to put more importance to the South
of France during History than *here* (among other things, exchange the roles of
Lyon and Paris compared to what they are *here*, i.e. *here* Paris is the
capital and Lyon the second most important town in France. In Ill Bethisad it
could be the contrary). That wouldn't change much things, the Revolution could
still take place (in another place though :) ), but would have less
uniformisation tendency. The linguistic map of France would look like that then:
in the North, dialects of French (Franceósc :) ), among them Parisian French and
Norman French are the most important. In the South, Narbonósc and its dialects.
As I see it on the maps, Brittany would have Breotu, while in the South-West
Basque could be given more place.

So what do you think? Would the powers that be accept France as I described it
as part of Ill Bethisad?

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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