Re: Intro to Frankish, was Re: A Franco-Turkic a posteriori language

In a message dated 1/12/2005 3:43:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Rodlox@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

>my historical geography's a mite rusty...weren't there a lot more Turks
>in/near Byzantium than there were in/near the Crusader states?
Maybe, but I figure that if they succeeded in conquering Byzanitum, they'd
eventually turn their attention southwards towards the Crusaders again.

Also note that in my conhistory, there will be no Fourth Crusade and sack of
Constantinople to weak the Byzantines.

So I'm assuming both the Byzantines and the Crusaders will weather the
Turkish storm.

>>  Therefore, there will be a Greek-speaking empire
> next door
> >to these Frankish-speakers, which might lead to more Greek influence than I
> >initially planned on.
>not neccessarily...the Byzantine Empire might undergo a third change (from
>Latin-speaking to Greek-speaking to Turk/Arabic-speaking).
It could, but it doesn't seem likely to me under the circumstances.  I can't
think of an example of a sizable country adopting the language of hostile
neighbors who tried & failed to conquer it.

Doug

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