| Language Name | Wenedyk |
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| Language Author | Jan van Steenbergen |
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| Year Began | 2002 |
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| Site | Wenedyk  |
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| Broken Link | No |
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| Site Language | English |
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| Language Type | fictional diachronic language |
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| Uniqueness | Wenedyk (in English: Venedic) is a Slavo-Romance language. Officially, it is a descendent from Vulgar Latin with a strong Slavic admixture, based on the premise that the Roman Empire incorporated the ancestors of Poles in their territory. Unofficially, Wenedyk just tries to show what Polish would have looked like if it had been a Romance instead of a Slavic language. Wenedyk is one of the languages of the Republic of the Two Crowns in Ill Bethisad, where it replaces Polish. |
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| Language Sources | The idea for the language was inspired by such languages as Brithenig, Breathanach and Kerno. The language itself is based entirely on (Vulgar) Latin and Polish. |
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| Design Principles | All phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes that made Polish develop from Common Slavic are applied to Vulgar Latin. Some Polish words of non-Slavic origin have been adopted without any modification. As a result, this language is as a posteriori as a conlang could possibly get! |
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| Interest Of Others | Mainly other conlangers. Wenedyk has inspired at least one other conlanger to create a similar, Slavo-Romance language. Sometimes it is noticed and discussed by non-conlangers as well, and it even has made its appearance in both the scientific and the popular press. |
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| Conculture Noun Phrase | Republic of the Two Crowns (Ill Bethisad) |
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| Quotation | Nacoń sień lęgwy jest nacoń sień krodzi. |
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| Translation | A nation without a language is a nation without a heart. |
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| Motto | Parć en niewartuci szekrzecie: krzeja lęgwa. |
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| Dictionary | Yes |
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| Etymologies | Yes |
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| Grammar | Yes |
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| Sample Texts | Yes |
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| Unique Script | No |
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| Primer | No |
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| Babel Text | Yes |
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| Lexicon Size | 2,820 |
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| Submitted By | Jan van Steenbergen |
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| Date Submitted | Wednesday, March 26, 2003 |
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| Updated By | Jan van Steenbergen |
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| Date Edited | Monday, March 07, 2005 |
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| Description Of Update | Corrected motto; updated lexicon size |
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| Date To Headline | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
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