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Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 19:00
by Tanni
gokupwned5 wrote: 14 Aug 2018 04:06 39) How should the affricates /ts/ and /dz/ be written?
c) Other. /ts dz/ - <ç c>

40) What should be the fate of the infinitives of Vulgar Latin?
d) -āre, -ere, -ēre, -īre > -ar, -er, -er, -ir

41) As of 700 AD, this is the current political situation. Given that both nations have the same ruler, should Powys unite with Loundein?
c) No. One of Gwylog ap Beli's other sons could simply ascend to the throne of Powys, whereas the oldest would be the King of Loundein.

42) Should the plural forms in Proto-Brettaniot verbs be preserved, or should they merge into a single plural conjugation as they did in Old English?
a) They should be preserved.

Voting ends tomorrow 21:30 EDT or 01:30 UTC.
I hope I'm still in time.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 19:21
by idov
39) c. Other. /ts dz/ - <ç c> Tanni's suggestion
40) d
41) a
42) a

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 23:52
by Esneirra973
Tanni wrote: 14 Aug 2018 19:00
gokupwned5 wrote: 14 Aug 2018 04:06 39) How should the affricates /ts/ and /dz/ be written?
c) Other. /ts dz/ - <ç c>

40) What should be the fate of the infinitives of Vulgar Latin?
d) -āre, -ere, -ēre, -īre > -ar, -er, -er, -ir

41) As of 700 AD, this is the current political situation. Given that both nations have the same ruler, should Powys unite with Loundein?
c) No. One of Gwylog ap Beli's other sons could simply ascend to the throne of Powys, whereas the oldest would be the King of Loundein.

42) Should the plural forms in Proto-Brettaniot verbs be preserved, or should they merge into a single plural conjugation as they did in Old English?
a) They should be preserved.

Voting ends tomorrow 21:30 EDT or 01:30 UTC.
I hope I'm still in time.
You still have time. There's about 3 and a half hours left.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 01:42
by GrandPiano
39) a
40) g (-ar -re -er -ir)
41) a
42) a

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 03:32
by Esneirra973
39.A
40.D
41.C
42.A

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 04:01
by Esneirra973
The results are in!

39) How should the affricates /ts/ and /dz/ be written?
a) /ts dz/ - <ç z>

40) What should be the fate of the infinitives of Vulgar Latin?
d) -āre, -ere, -ēre, -īre > -ar, -er, -er, -ir

41) As of 700 AD, this is the current political situation. Given that both nations have the same ruler, should Powys unite with Loundein?
a) Yes.

42) Should the plural forms in Proto-Brettaniot verbs be preserved, or should they merge into a single plural conjugation as they did in Old English?
a) They should be preserved.

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43) What will be the conditions for former /a/ becoming /æ~iə/ in open syllables?
a) It becomes /iə/ in syllables with a palatal consonant, but /æ/ otherwise. (French)
b) It becomes /æ/ if /i/ or /j/ is in the next syllable, but /iə/ otherwise.
c) Other.

44) What will be the fate of /æ/?
a) It merges with /ɛ/.
b) It is preserved.
c) A chain shift occurs of /æ ɛ e/ > /ɛ e i/.
d) Same as c but /ei/ becomes /i/.
e) Other.

45) What should be the fate of /ð/?
a) It is preserved.
b) It merges with /z/. (Occitano-Romance)
c) It lenites/disappears. (French)
d) Other.

46) Should final /t/ and /d/ become /θ/ and /ð/ as they did in Old French?
a) Yes.
b) No.
c) Other.

47) It is 740 CE. Through his mother, Princess Guennivar, King Elsedho of Loundein (the son of King Guilo) has a claim to the throne of Bouragho, as the current King of Bouragho is his 55-year-old cousin, King Artogno, who is currently without an heir. Should he claim his cousin's throne?
a) Yes.
b) No.
c) Other.

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Also, I am currently working on a document to organize everything about this language. Here is the link.

Voting ends tomorrow 21:30 EDT or 01:30 UTC.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 04:15
by shimobaatar
43: a
44: d
45: b
46: a
47: a

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 04:26
by IEPH
43) a
44) b
45) a
46) a

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 05:09
by GrandPiano
43) a
44) c
45) a
46) a
47) a

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 15 Aug 2018 14:02
by Esneirra973
43.A
44.A
45.A
46.A
47.A

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 00:48
by Esneirra973
I modified the link to the document so that comments can be made. Here is the new link.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:02
by Esneirra973
The results are in!

43) What will be the conditions for former /a/ becoming /æ~iə/ in open syllables?
a) It becomes /iə/ in syllables with a palatal consonant, but /æ/ otherwise. (French)

44) What will be the fate of /æ/?
a) It merges with /ɛ/.
b) It is preserved.
c) A chain shift occurs of /æ ɛ e/ > /ɛ e i/.
d) Same as c but /ei/ becomes /i/.

45) What should be the fate of /ð/?
a) It is preserved.

46) Should final /t/ and /d/ become /θ/ and /ð/ as they did in Old French?
a) Yes.

47) It is 740 CE. Through his mother, Princess Guennivar, King Elsedho of Loundein (the son of King Guilo) has a claim to the throne of Bouragho, as the current King of Bouragho is his 55-year-old cousin, King Artogno, who is currently without an heir. Should he claim his cousin's throne?
a) Yes.

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For #44, there was a 4-way tie. As a result, this question will be voted on again.

44) What will be the fate of /æ/?
a) It merges with /ɛ/.
b) It is preserved.
c) A chain shift occurs of /æ ɛ e/ > /ɛ e i/.
d) Same as c but /ei/ becomes /i/.

48) The phonetic changes for Proto-Brettaniot will be finished when #44 is voted on. How should it evolve from this point on?
a) It should remain as a single language, but with different dialects.
b) It should be a dialect continuum similar to Medieval Western Romance, but in this case, there would only be one standard at play, and it would be the dialect spoken in Loundein (OTL London).
c) Other.

49) How should /θ/ be written?
a) /θ/ - <þ>
b) /θ/ - <th>
c) Other.

50) What will be the fate of /ɣ/?
a) It will become /g/.
b) It will be preserved.
c) It will become /j/ after front vowels, and /w/ otherwise. (English)
d) It will become /h/, but /g/ in any consonant clusters that it may occur in.
e) Other.

51) It is now 800 CE, and this is the current political situation in OTL England and Wales. Danish armies have just arrived on the eastern shores of the British Isles, and they wish to conquer the British Isles. What will happen next?
a) They will only conquer York. (What Happened in OTL)
b) They will create a vassal state out of England and Wales.
c) Other.

Voting ends tomorrow 21:30 EDT or 01:30 UTC.

EDIT: I fixed the question numbers. The new questions 45, 46, 47, and 48 were supposed to be 48, 49, 50, and 51 respectively.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:07
by shimobaatar
44: d
48: b
49: b
50: c
51: a
Edit: Updated question numbers.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:34
by this_is_an_account
Are newcomers allowed to jump in?

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:52
by IEPH
44) a
48) b
49) a
50) c
51) a

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 05:48
by GrandPiano
44) b
45) b
46) b
47) b
48) a

this_is_an_account wrote: 16 Aug 2018 04:34 Are newcomers allowed to jump in?
By all means.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 06:37
by this_is_an_account
44: A
48: B
49: B
50: D
51: A

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 13:47
by Esneirra973
this_is_an_account wrote: 16 Aug 2018 04:34 Are newcomers allowed to jump in?
Yes. Anyone can vote.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 13:52
by Esneirra973
44.A
48.B
49.B
50.C
51.A

By the way, I messed up the questions. Questions 45, 46, 47, and 48 are now 48, 49, 50, and 51 respectively. I'll fix it when I get to a computer.

EDIT: I fixed it.

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 16:46
by shimobaatar
Does the link in 48b not work for anyone else?