Verdurian = Spanish?

Posted by Philip Newton on 12:35 12/31/01

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It appears to be possible to draw some connections from European languages to Almean ones. I presume this is at least partly intentional. Mark, what do you say? Are some of these comparisons more or less appropriate?

• Proto-Eastern = Proto-Indo-European. The common ancestor of Cuêzi and Cadhinor, or of Greek and Latin.
• Cuêzi = Greek. Both are ancient languages which contribute words to other languages, especially scientific vocabulary. Also, Greek and Latin are related, though not very closely. Similarly, Cuêzi and Cadhinor are related. And Cadhinor borrowed quite a few words from Cuêzi.
• Cadhinor = Latin. The ancestor of many of the languages spoken in the part of Almea we know most about, or in a large part of Europe. The language of religion (for Cadhinorian pagans and Roman Catholics). The "classical" language.
• Verdurian = Spanish. Not sure what to put here; maybe also Italian, or possibly Portuguese? A descendant of Cadhinor with not too many sound changes.
• Ismaîn = French. Also a descendant of Cadhinor, but with more sound changes, and many syllable endings dropped or coinciding, resulting in a simpler grammar.
• Barakhinei = ?. Not sure whether there's a good fit for this language in the Romance tongues. More guttural than Verdurian.
• Any others?

Cheers,
Philip.

That's accurate enough, if you take = as meaning 'takes the role of, and has some of the phonetic feel of'. In terms of actual words and grammar, Verdurian itself owes a lot to French and Russian (I didn't even know Spanish at the time I was working it out).