From: habarakhe4
Date: Sat Dec 21 2002 - 09:36:49 EST
--- In romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com, Jan van Steenbergen
<ijzeren_jan@y...> wrote:
> --- Marcus skrzypszy:
<snip>
<ijzeren_jan@y> (
> Your language is very interesting, indeed! Well, how should I
understand these
> two versions: are they two variants between which you haven't
chosen yet, two
> dialects of one and the same language, or even two languages?
I suppose it _could_ be any of those, if it is a Romance language ;)
The usual distinction between Etruscan and Latin etymology is this:
the Etruscan term is felt to be 'religious', while the Latin term
is 'secular' or 'profane'. Thus [fso urat] means 'Heaven', but [fsa
ker] means 'heaven; [fsa tsramn] (neuter) means 'the Kingdom of God',
but [redZn] means 'kingdom'. Note, however, that the collective
suffix [ku/p] < [qua] has no specifically religious connotation, even
in the purely Etruscan 'starry vault' [fruNku] < [puluNku]< [puluNqua]
>
> Second question: what about the orthography? Is this version in
Latin script
> the official orthography or is it a transcription from another
script (Arabic
> for example)?
>
> Jan
It's more a matter of the severe disjunction between the Latin
pronunciation and the Fortunatian. Keep in mind, also, that pre-
modern spelling was fairly shaky and that the literati were likely to
use the Latin language. Here is the orthography as used at the
capital, Tabian (Colonia Octaviana):
1. A [a]
2. B [b]
3. C [k]
4. D [d]
5. E [e], [@]
For the use of E as [@], see 28 and 29
6. F [w] before a vowel, [u] before a consonant
7. G [dZ], [m] before N or M
GN [mn] < [Nn] `magnus' `large'
8. H [usually silent and etymological]
9. I [i], [j] before vowels
10. K [k] (rare; mainly used in `religious' words)
11. L [r]
12. M [m]
13. N [n], [N] before a velar consonant (K, sometimes QF <rev> and
GF<rev>]
14. O [@]
15. P [f]
16. QF<rev> [p], [ku]
RELIQUAM [relikwam] > RELIQU [reliku] > RELIQU [r@riku] >
RELIQUAS [relikwaS] > RELIQUAS [r@ripaS]
17. R [r]
Also used to mark retroflex consonants: see 34-38
18. S [S]
Initially [S] and [s] were (partially)distinct; then allophones in
strict distrobution, with [S] initially, finally, and as the first
component of clusters ST, SC, and SP; now they are distinct again.
19. T [t]
20. V [u]
V never has the value [w]
21. X [ks]
22. Y [1]
[1] arises from the merger of short [i] and [u]; it is also the
reflex of a Latin unstressed vowel whose orthography wavers
between /I/ and /U/
23. Z [dz]
24. F<rev> [w], used after consonants such as Q and G; often confused
with consonantal F [w]
25. I<bar> [ts]
26. W [s]
See 18. This letter was based on the Etruscan [S]. It became
synonymous with S when it was an allophone. When the distinction
between [s] and [S] reappeared, the letters were assigned in the
reverse order of their prior assignment.
Digraphs
27. AU [o]
28. AE [e]
If 28 is used for [e], then E is used for [@]
29. OE [e]
If 29 is used for [e], then E is used for [@]
30. GF<rev> [b], [dZu]
LINGUAM [liNgwam] > LINGU [liNgu] > LYNGU [r1ndZu]
LINGUAS [liNgwaS] > LYNGUAS [r1mbaS]
31. ST [tS]
32. SP [fS]
33. SC [kS]
34. NI [n^]
35. TR [t.]
35-38 are retroflex consonants
36. DR [d.]
37. NR [n.]
38. SR [s.]
39. SQF<rev> [kS] < [k(w)S] < [Skw]< [skw]
More commonly represented by 33 (SC)
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