Talk:Iermansc 1.0

Good work
Very interesting so far, I like it. I would like to disagree a bit. If Latin and German got together to form this language, I would think the comparisons would have remained a bit more synthetic, ie, keeping -er and -est (and perhaps the Latin -issimus in some way). This would also serve to distinguish this language from all other modern Romance languages. Keep it up! --JJohnson 16:46, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Fantastic idea! So maybe the comparative is a relfex of the -IOR ending and the superlative of -ISSIMUS. -IOR would probably be an undressed /-jǝr/, which is interesting, because the /j/ can cause umlaut in /u o/ and palatalization in /t k/ and sometimes other consonants. An example would be "strong":

Lat. FORTEM > forþ Lat. FORTIOR > fercier Lat. FORTISSIMUS > forðén/forðéna

Or something like like that. Let's see, the irregulars could be along the lines of:

BONUS > bon MELIOR > melier OPTIMUS > eften

MAGNUS > main MAIOR > maier MAXIMUS > mascen

I'll have to work this out and type it up when I have more time, I have a very demanding job right now...

--thedudeatx 2:09, 15 October 2008 (UTC)