Re: [romanceconlang] Re: A translation exercise!

From: Adam Walker (carrajena@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun May 04 2003 - 18:41:31 EST

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> And my very favorite case, OldOc. "espanhol" > Sp.
> "espan~ol", completely
> displacing native "espan~on".
>
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> John Cowan

Really? That is astounding. espan~ol is a borrowing?
Have any other natlangs borrowed a foreign term for
the name of their own language?

Adam

Weirdness abounds.

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