Re: Volcae and Volsci

> Check up Afrikaans. It kept many irregular features and even
> introduced some new ones. I think a partly literate elite established
> a standard within various Germanic languages early on, which helped
> preserve some irregular features, playing the same role as the Dutch
> reformed church in the development of Afrikaans (preserving Dutch as a
> liturgical language).
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> What is the relevance of this as regards Germanic being originally

Creolized

> ?
>
> Arnaud
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Afrikaans is a creolized Dutch.


Torsten