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    Da. Romanest is a beautiful language, even with...

    Da. Romanest is a beautiful language, even with some borrowings from Slavonic, Hungarian and Turkish it is solidly in the Romance category. It is the only remnant of the language of the Eastern Roman...
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    Nope. Sorry for the confusion. I was ranting...

    Nope. Sorry for the confusion. I was ranting about germanic. All germanic languages supposedly originated in the north. Those descending from Old Norse became their own sub-family, but still germanic.
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    I cannot conscientiously disagree with anything...

    I cannot conscientiously disagree with anything you wrote here. But for the fun of it I will channel my inner pedant and vehemently quibble with your choice of words. English is solidly germanic with...
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    Yup. You can include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The...

    Yup. You can include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, and parts of Belgium and Switzerland, with a respectful nod to the Sami, Finnish and Francophones in some of those countries. Not to...
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    You're right. He did mention Germanic. I was just...

    You're right. He did mention Germanic. I was just taking opposition to this statement:



    I'm too lazy to look up the numbers but I think the is an overstatement if you include the other...
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    Maybe keep in mind that the culture of the people...

    Maybe keep in mind that the culture of the people we now call "Turks" didn't originate in Turkey. They were in Siberia and Mongolia long before they came to Anatolia.

    And why mention the Latinate...
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