In effect, this has already occured in real life, vis-à-vis Macao, which was Portuguese before 1999, and where there is still a significant Portuguese-speaking community.
Patuá was once well-spoken throughout Macau colony when it was owned by the Portuguese. It was basically a Romance language that borrowed a ton of Cantonese lexicon and grammar.
If you have Macau keep the colony for longer or encourage the use of Patuá it could very easily end up as a second or third language for most people (compare to African states where Creole languages have become lingua franca between many different ethnicities).
However, if you're thinking way back, to Roman times I think it's...hard, to say the least. Greek kingdoms flourished in India for hundreds of years and Greek was actually spoken there (many of Ashoka's edicts were translated into Greek) but after awhile it just died out. Unless a massive contingent of Romans were able to settle down and colonize a viable area it's hard to see a Romance language emerging. But then, it's also hard to see how the Romanians managed to keep Romance alive there so I dunno.
Sa'id Mohammed said:The Romanians were a special case
The Romanians were a special case![]()
Not in Macau but in Uyghuristan as a linguistic enclave.Patuá was once well-spoken throughout Macau colony when it was owned by the Portuguese. It was basically a Romance language that borrowed a ton of Cantonese lexicon and grammar.
If you have Macau keep the colony for longer or encourage the use of Patuá it could very easily end up as a second or third language for most people (compare to African states where Creole languages have become lingua franca between many different ethnicities).
However, if you're thinking way back, to Roman times I think it's...hard, to say the least. Greek kingdoms flourished in India for hundreds of years and Greek was actually spoken there (many of Ashoka's edicts were translated into Greek) but after awhile it just died out. Unless a massive contingent of Romans were able to settle down and colonize a viable area it's hard to see a Romance language emerging. But then, it's also hard to see how the Romanians managed to keep Romance alive there so I dunno.