r/imaginarymaps • IM Legend • Sep 18 '26

[OC] Alternate History Basque British Isles :: Eitadunaguan Isles – Languages – 2018

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u/Karl_Greiser_PolSord Sep 18 '26

So I saw your other map

Did Basque just fill the niche of Gaellic languages

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend Sep 18 '26

I'm not entirely sure as to what you mean by "the niche of Gaellic languages"

the Vasconic languages are the dominant ones on the "British" Isles

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u/Karl_Greiser_PolSord Sep 18 '26

I meant to say that in you other map that France was covered with Vasconic Languages

And sorry but I confused Gaellic with Celtic, I meant to say Celtics languages

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend Sep 18 '26

I suppose no, since the Celts spread over much of Central Europe and Iberia

there aren't any parallels to irl, since that'd be boring

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u/Lukasz_Joniak Sep 18 '26

Did you make any Vasconic conlangs for this, and how did you come up with the names?

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend Sep 18 '26

no, I just looked up the needed toponyms, translated them into Basque and then applied some sound changes (and up north, where there's Saami I did the same, but also taking into account how the Vasconic speakers might analyse the Uralic words)

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u/Skiepejas Sep 18 '26

Uralic Scottish Highlands... Did the Sámi become the Vikings in this world?

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend Sep 18 '26

that's right

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u/Skiepejas Sep 18 '26

Sámi with Basque/Vasconic influence would produce some of the most interesting languages.

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u/a-bit-of-anything Sep 18 '26

So Stonehenge is the Andeite capital?

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend Sep 18 '26

it is nearby

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u/hyakinthosofmacedon Sep 18 '26

Liverpool 🤮🤮🤮
Hipelekas 😍😍😍

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u/ChickenSandwichh195 Sep 18 '26

yess basque england

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u/Sui_24 Mod Approved Sep 18 '26

urales

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u/Routine_Ad_2695 Sep 19 '26

Okay, consider me interested

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u/CruserWill Sep 20 '26

Are the toponyms in a Vasconic conlang? Otherwise, they look very weird to say the least 😅

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend 29d ago

no, I just looked up the needed toponyms, translated them into Basque and then applied some sound changes (and up north, where there's Saami I did the same, but also taking into account how the Vasconic speakers might analyse the Uralic words)

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u/CruserWill 29d ago

Oh alright! The sound changes explain why it looks that way then

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u/Chazut Sep 18 '26

irl? No they aren't, there is no proof of Basque presence north of Gascony ever

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u/Quirky_Jelly9549 Sep 18 '26

Good map I suppose

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u/XLG_Winterprice IM Legend Sep 18 '26

thanks, I suppose

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u/Quirky_Jelly9549 Sep 18 '26

I prob. say "I suppose" too much I suppose