What is Wenedyk?
Q: What is Wenedyk?
A: Wenedyk (in English: Venedic) is a made-up language created by Jan van Steenbergen, a linguist and translator from the Netherlands, in 2002.
Q: What was the idea behind creating Wenedyk?
A: The idea behind it was to explore what would have happened if the Polish language had developed from Latin instead of Old Slavic.
Q: How does Wenedyk differ from other Romance languages?
A: While most words are family of words in French, Italian, Romanian, etc., they look very different and much more like Polish. The rules for spelling and pronunciation are completely based on Polish while grammar and sentence structure are a mixture of Polish and Romance.
Q: Is Wenedyk part of any group or category?
A: Yes, together with other made-up languages like Brithenig (which does the same thing with Welsh), Wenedyk is part of the group of so-called "alternative languages", languages that could have existed if history had been different.
Q: How did Wenedyk become known in Poland?
A: It became known after it was written about on the Internet and in the monthly paper called 'Wiedza i Życie' ("Knowledge and Life").
Q: Where is Wenedyk used?
A: It is used in Ill Bethisad, a made-up world where Roman Empire was stronger than in real history. It is also used as an important language in Republic of Two Crowns which is similar to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth but not broken up by partitions like Poland was.
