CHAT: Punic sources
From: | David Stokes <dstokes@...> |
Date: | Monday, December 11, 2000, 16:43 |
I've been thinking about a alt-history where Hannibal wins the wars
against the Romans and Carthage, not Rome, becomes the dominant power of
the Mediterranean. Lots of interesting con-lang possibilities here. For
instance, what is the language of a conquered Rome ? After a little time
perhaps something Punic, with Latin influences, like real-world French
came from Latin with Gaulish influences.
So...does anyone know of some good sources on Punic (the language of
Carthage) ?
I read a description and a bunch of translated texts on phoenicia.org
(good web site by the way). But I have not found any resources on the
language itself.
Thanks,
David Stokes
Ambivalent ? Well, yes and no.