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 Port-au-Prince : Port-au-Prince : ?speak as /prinke/
Graphems not in alphabet
q
Urumqi
w
San Lawrence Newfoundland KwaZulu-Natal : KvaZulu-Natal
sh
Shanxi
Graphemes with uncommon application
Marx : : ?Marks Luxemburg : : ?Luksemburg
Compound names
Some are formed with "de", some without. Some appear in both versions: Mar Caribe and Mar de Caribe
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 Mar de Azov
Deserto de ...
Deserto de Mohave
Montes de ...
Montes de Apalatxia
provinse de ...
provinse de Scotia Nova : Nova Scotia : ?Provinse Scotia Nova
statos unidos de ...
Statos Unida de America
Type 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 Mar Negra Lagos Grande Lago Ontario rio Ron Montes Himalaia Deserto Atacama
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.
provinse : province, prefecture, state : !Greece had prefectures and provinces, ?provinsia munisipa : municipality : ?munisipia parocia : parish distrito : district stato : state canton : canton zona : zone : zona de ora : time zone : !zona oral? teritorio : territory : ?teritoria impero : empire : ?imperia, like the other -ia area : area :!areal defined as regional ?region->not defined
From a title:
xec -> xecia : sheikhdom sultan -> sultania : sultanate califa -> califia : caliphate duxe -> duxia : duchy conte -> contia : county, shire, earldom han -> hanato : khanate : ?hania prinse -> prinsipado : principality, princely state : ?prinsia re -> rena : kingdom, dominion, realm; regime : !reia=royalty
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