From: Barry Garcia (barry_garcia@csumb.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 20:19:05 EST
romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
Interesting post. Aingeljã is a very interesting Romance language. Some
of the rules seem a bit well...strange to me how you came up with them,
but i guess if it's not trying to be historically perfect, one doesnt need
to be, que no?
It's gotten to the point where i'd have to sit down for a couple of hours
to think of all the sound changes in Montreiano. I dont have them
memorized in a list, just by what i know should happen.
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>his sometimes happens with other endings: MANCHEGO =>
>MANCHEU (from La Mancha, Spanish region); GALLEGO => GALEU (Galician).
Interesting. In Montreiano intervocalic G becomes /j/:
Manchego > mancheyo, Gallego > Gauieyo /gawjejo/
Something to note: the palatal l (ll) became /wj/ in Montreiano: caballus
> cavauio
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>* An L before consonant usually changes into U: CÁLIDO =
>CAUDE (warm), ALGUNO = AUCU~ (some); ALMA => AUMA (soul).
This is also a rule in Montreiano:
Palma > pauma, Alma > auma, Caldo > caudo
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>* -DAD and other words ending in -AD, -ED, -UD lose their ending D,
>but retain a grave tilde (`). UNIVERSIDAD => UNIVERSITÀ (university),
>LIBERTAD => LLUWERTÀ (liberty), MERCED => MERÇÈ (favour, mercy),
>VIRTUD => VIRTÙ (virtue).
This is similar to Montreiano, but d is lost intervocalically and finally:
Universidad > universiá, libertad > livertá, merced > merçé
! a form that's pretty much like yours! :)
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>* -CT- => -T-. ACTOR => ATOR (actor); OCHO => OTE (eight).
>* -PT- => -IT-. SIETE => SEIT (seven); ACEPTAR => ACEITRE (to
>accept); NEPTUNO => NEITU~ (Neptune).
In most forms derived from Vulgar Latin, CT became /ts/, represented by ç
in Montreiano. Later "relearned" borrowings, or simply "anomalies"
(meaning my preference) simply dropped the C as yours has:
Actor > ator
pt is the same, except in scientific names and terms
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>* -AJE, -EJE, -OJE, -UJE, and in general all the syllables with the
>sound /x/ => -AIX, -EIX, -OIX, -UIX, respectively. Ex: LENGUAJE
>=> LANGAIX (language), ÁGIL => AIXIL (agile), AGUJA => ACUIXA
>(needle), BAJO => BAIX (under), HOJA => FOIXA (leave), LIGERO =>
>LEIXER (light).
typically what is the -aje, -age, etc. ending in Spanish is equvalent to
-aj /aZ/ in Montreiano:
lenguaje > lenguaj, garage > garaj
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>* In some Spanish hiatuses, a new D between vowels appears: CREER
>=> CREDRE (to beleave, and also to create); CAÍDA => CADUTA (fall).
This is opposite Montreiano where the hiatus remains, or often the vowels
coalesce into a diphthong, or a longer vowel (represented by the grave
accent):
Credere > creder > creer > crèr, santificado > santificao
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