Lingua Franca Nova
franses, italian, portuges, espaniol, catalan
Geographic names
Examples taken from http://elefen.org/disionario/disionario.txt
lfn : eng : comment Prusen : Prussia : Why Prusen? Does any of the source languages have this? Isolas Falkland : Falkland Islands : ?Isolas Malvinas
Graphems not in alphabet
q
Urumqi
w
San Lawrence Newfoundland KwaZulu-Natal : KvaZulu-Natal
sh
Shanxi
Compound names
Type de X
Isola de ...
Isola de Er : Ireland : Isola Er Isola de Marajo : Marajó : Isola Marajo Isola de Margarita : Margarita Island : Isola Margarita Isola de Baffin : Baffin Island : Isola Baffin
Isolas de ...
Isolas de Mar de Caribe : Caribbean Islands : ?Isolas Caribe ! also "la Mar Caribe" Isolas de Cook : Cook Islands : ?Isolas Cook Isolas de Majel : Marshall Islands : ?Isolas Majel Isolas de Marcesas : Marquesas Islands : ?Isolas Marcesas Isolas de Mariana : Mariana Islands : ?Isolas Mariana
Mar de ...
Mar de Alasca : Alaskan Sea : ?Mar Alasca
provinse de
provinse de Scotia Nova : Nova Scotia : ?Provinse Scotia Nova
Type X
Compare with Isola X, Isolas X
Isola Man : Isle of Man Isola Natal : Christmas Island Isola Pascual : Easter Island, Rapa Nui Isolas Baleare : Balearic Islands Isolas Solomon : Solomon Islands Isolas Virjin : Virgin Islands provinse KwaZulu-Natal Mar Hudson Mar Atlantica Mar Mediteraneo Mar Caribe Mar Pasifica Lagos Grande Lago Ontario rio Ron Montes Himalaia
Capitalisation
First letter upper case
Isola X, Isolas X Mar X
First letter lower case
la provinse KwaZulu-Natal la provinse de Scotia Nova la provinse Jiangxi la provinse Guangdong
rio Ron
Type names
Gujarat, un provinse de India
Gujarat is currently a state, not a province.
Other
kh -> c
Abcazia : Abkhazia Cazacstan : Kazakhstan xec : sheik, sheikh, shaikh xecia : sheikdom, sheikhdom
kh -> h
han : khan hanato : khanate
Personal names
Mikhail Gorbachov : ?Mihail Gorbatxov