Re: Exercise in orthographic aesthetics

yl-ruil wrote:
>
> Acesto es lo missát prezeu ên carashán, cue mezai ali mei caror beis
> lê percei "Conlang". Carashán se vueni de arezui, lo dinyát cue ve
> conyetes sê lui Aredos. Demát ve azisero cue acesto deluojer. Otoi
> teano, eu vuelo cue ve conyettues ên cuo dinyát se-dinyát-zi decca. Se
> jon conyete, creva-me!
>
> There we go, a text in a hitherto unrevealed language, Carashán. No,
> you can't have a translation yet- I want you to be kind and do me a
> favour. What language do you think this resembles? Can you puzzle it
> out?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dan

It definitely brings to mind either Spanish or Portuguese for me (note
that I have no Portuguese whatsoever and *minimal* Spanish), and yes, as
Ray said, it definitely draws me linguistically toward the Iberian
Peninsula.  So tell, tell, what is it *supposed* to resemble?  Did it
pass the test?

Nicole