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unusual facts about Romance Language



Adûnaic

It is stated that Finrod Felagund was able to quickly master Taliska purely by determining the various changes undergone by its Avarin component from Primitive Quendian, and Faramir stated that all languages of Men are of Elvish descent, suggesting that Taliska and Adûnaic are in fact Quendian/Avarin with some Khuzdul influence (notwithstanding the possibility that Faramir was misinformed, much as how many people mistakenly think English is a Romance language).

Aljamiado

In linguistic terms, the Aljamía is the use of the Arabic alphabet to transcribe the Romance language, which was used by some people in some areas of Al-Andalus as an everyday communication vehicle, while Arabic was reserved as the language of science, high culture and religion.

Cerviño

In Galician, the native language of the region, it means "little deer", the -iño ending being very characteristic of this romance language.

Genoese dialect

Ligurian is listed by Ethnologue as a language in its own right, of the Romance branch, and not to be confused with the ancient Ligurian language.

Helene Weber

After several years teaching in Elberfeld she studied History, Philosophy and Romance Languages in Bonn and Grenoble.

Lebrija

Lebrija was the birthplace of Elio Antonio de Lebrija (1444–1522), also known as Antonius Nebrissensis, one of the most important Renaissance leaders in Spain, author of the first grammar of a Romance language, the tutor of Queen Isabella, and a collaborator with Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros in the preparation of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.

Lu indialett di lu Uašt

Lu indialett di lu Uašt (the dialect of Vasto) is a Romance language spoken in the town of Vasto.


see also

Castellano

Castellano can refer to the Romance language that originated in Castile, and is spoken in much of Spain; it is usually called Spanish in English.

Ladin

Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language

Syldavian

This language, which is Germanic but bears a great resemblance to Polish, may be likened to the artificial Romance language Wenedyk, or to the endangered Vilamovian language.

Veronese Riddle

The parchment, discovered by Schiapparelli in 1924 is a Mozarabic oration by the Spanish Christian Church, i.e. a document in a Romance language first written in Spain in an area influenced by the Moorish culture, probably around Toledo.

Michele A. Cortelazzo and Ivano Paccagnella say that the plural -es of boves may well be considered Ladin (a Romance language spoken in parts of Veneto, Trentino and South Tyrol) and therefore not Latin, but romance.