From: Adam Walker (dreamertwo@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2001 - 12:39:01 EST
Hi, all. I have finally begun serious (?!?!?) work on my first romancelang.
I've been kicking this idea around for a couple of years and it finally
seemed like time to do it. Now that I've just started on the sound changes
that will transform Latin into Cartageno I find myself already scampering
aroung in search of shiney little pebbles to spice it up.
What I'm working on right now is collecting resources for the borring
history of my lang. The con-historically earliest borrowings should be from
Punic/Phoenician and Berber langs. The second source will be Vandal. Third
come Greek and Coptic. Then Arabic becomes a major source from the 700's
onward. In the Crusade/Reconquista/Renaissance period the medieval Romance
langs become significant sources of borrowing. Depending on whether or not
the Reformation has any effect on the history of Cartago, German might
contribute a few words during that period. Latin and Greek will be the main
sources of learned borrowing and technological neologisms.
Latin and Greek resources are easy to come by. Arabic is only a little
harder since I have to find my Arabic materials in transliteration. Now
comes the hard part . . .
Does anyone know any good sources for vocabularies of Punic/Phoenician,
Berber, Vandal, Coptic, medeival Romancelangs (especially Sicilian,
Calabrian, Venitian, Sardinian [any flavor], Provencal, Corsican, Catalan,
Castilian and Portuguese, but any (other) Italian dialects could be
potentially useful).
Also, does anyone have a favorite site for etymologies of borrowed (ie
non-latinate) vocabulary in any of the modern romancelangs other thand
French or Romanian? (Those two are less helpful for my current project due
to France's overlarge German immigration and lack of direct contact with
Arabic on the one hand and Romanian's heavy contact with Hungarian and
Slavlangs [and lack of Arabic contact] on the other.)
Hopefully, I'll have some Early Old Cartageno text to show you before too
long.
Adam
So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen
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