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Revision as of 05:53, 29 August 2006
| Macaronesian | |
| Spoken in: | Macaronesia |
| Timeline/Universe: | League of Lost Languages |
| Total speakers: | ca. 2000 |
| Genealogical classification: | Albic South Albic |
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| Jörg Rhiemeier | 2002- |
Macaronesian is a South Albic language, a descendant of Old Albic, spoken in Macaronesia.
Despite the far-reaching sound changes which the language has undergone (among other things, resulting in a tone system), Macaronesian is very conservative in its morphology. For example, it is the only modern Albic language that has fully preserved (and even expanded) the original case system.
