Re: List of natlangs
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 17:16 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> There are also partial translations, for instance England --> Sp.
> Inglatierra, where the -land was translated into -tierra (but why Eng
> --> Ingla, perhaps descended from Latin "anglicus"?).
The Angles called their own land "Englaland", so that might have somethin=
gto do with it.
Was there ever any rule in Spanish that /e/ --> /i/ / _[nasal]?
I know "Ingles" is like that too, and I feel that this too was a loan bec=
ause
of the -es part...
> But, does anyone
> know *why*, for instance, Ireland --> Sp. Irlanda, and not *Irtierra?
Languages are erratic like that, in part because different speakershave d=
ifferent interests
and different levels of linguistic perception.
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