Michael Everson scripsit:
> Um, we actually can date some languages, like French, for which we
> have the first documents written in it. But if linguistic change can
> be thought to be tidal....
Well, sort of. The Strasbourg Oath is the first occurrence of *written*
French, but asking when Vulgar Latin in Gaul actually became Old French
is a question.
-- John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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