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Romance family tree

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Monday, August 9, 2004, 18:32
Hello!

A while ago, we discussed the possibility of making a family tree of
the Romance languages. Well, here is an effort. It's based on lot's
of info I have compiled over the years. Yet, it is far from complete.
Some significant languages may have been omitted, while other
languages listed may have consisted of an idea, a short description,
or a sentence only. At some point, I may add it to the website too.
Anyway, see for yourself. Natlangs are capitalised:

EUROPEAN SUBSTRATE LANGUAGES:

* Ibero-Romance:
  - CATALAN
  - MOZARABIC
  - PORTUGUESE
  - SPANISH
  - Aingeljã (Ángel Serrano de León)
  - Lainesco (Eric Christopherson)
  - Limciela (Jim Taylor)
  - Montreiano (Barry Garcia)
  - Mundès (Josh Brandt-Young)

* Gallo-Romance:
  - FRENCH
  - OCCITAN
  - RHAETO-ROMANCE
  - Arveuneic (Dan Jones)
  - Ibrán (Muke Tever)
  - Narbonósc (earlier: Roumant) (Christophe Grandsire)
  - Pacarian (Sander Dieleman)
  - Talossan (Ben Madison)
  - Tundrian (Gábor Sándi)

* Celto-Romance:
  - Breathanach (Geoff Eddy)
  - Brezhonegh (Frank Georgy Váloczy)
  - Brithenig (Andrew Smith) [mother of all romlangs!]
  - Kerno (Padraic Brown)

* Germano-Romance:
  - Germanech (Jörg Rhiemeier)
  - Jelbazech (Dan Jones)
  - Latein/Romänce (Wayne Chevrier)
  - Lessinu (Joe Hill)

* Italo-Romance:
  - ITALIAN
  - LIGURIAN
  - Romance pidgin (Josh Brandt-Young)

* Daco-Romance:
  - ROMANIAN
  - VEGLIOT
  - Dacán (Elliott Lash)
  - Neo-Dalmatian/Dalmatesku (Frank George Váloczy)
  - [unnamed?] (Luca Mangiat)

* Slavo-Romance:
  - Slezan (Jan van Steenbergen)
  - Slvanjec (Benct Philip Jonsson)
  - Wenedyk (Jan van Steenbergen)

NON-EUROPEAN SUBSTRATE LANGUAGES:

* African:
  - Afer (Leo Caesius)
  - Carrajena (Adam Walker) [Punic]
  - li~-rumaninu/ (Patrick Dunn)
  - Uchunata (Fortunatian) (Marcus Miles) [Canarian Isles]

* Hebrew:
  - Judajca (Steg Belsky)
  - Linka Romànika (Dana Hadar)

* Arabic:
  - Arawyay (Christopher Straughn) [Arabic peninsula]
  - Rumiya (Isaac Penzev)
  - [unnamed] (Christophe Grandsire)

* Persian:
  - Fâzerok (Michael Greenlee)
  - Raamiyaan (Benct Philip Jonsson)

* Other:
  - Lashkos (Christopher Wright) [Urdu substrate]
  - *Lingua-yi-Romaig (?) [Central Asia]
  - [unnamed?] (Marcus Miles) [Armenian substrate]

EARLY SPLIT-OFFS:

  - SARDINIAN
  - Jovian (Christian Thalmann)
  - Meridonian (John Leland)
  - Reman (Christophe Grandsire)
  - Roumán (later Román) (Nik Taylor) [Atlantis]
  - Thylean (Óskar Gudlaugsson) [Iceland]

OTHER/UNKNOWN [1]:

  - Aercant (Michael Bush)
  - Brandonian (Jordan Kay)
  - Candabrach (Robert Schikowski)
  - Daisilingo (Jian Huang)
  - Dosian (Steve Nickolas)
  - Latuko (Robert B. Wilson)
  - Medolian (Dan Jones)
  - Mesegoika (Alex Katsaros) [Greek-Spanish mix]
  - Ninfeano (Sabrina ...)
  - Omnesian (Jordan Kay)
  - Patrienish (Mike Brooker)
  - Regimonti (Scotto Hlad)
  - Romantica (Dan Tohatan)
  - Romula (Artyom Kouzminykh)
  - Rubaga (Jeff S. Jones)
  - Xliponian (Ronald Kyrmse)

[1] These are either languages that I couldn't find any info about,
languages that I simply haven't seen yet, or languages that are
otherwise hard to qualify.

Any comments/corrections/input?

Jan

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