Re: Proto-Conlang rough sketch (was: Re: First Post and . . . )
| From: | Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 13:20 |
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Jason Monti wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:44:00 -0400, Jason Monti <yukatado@...> wrote:
>
> Guess what else I forgot:
>
> Why I thought there were only three limitations is beyond me. The rest have
> to do with {l n r}+final consonants:
>
> 4) /l/ + {lə} is not allowed.
>
> 5) /n/ + {h mə nə} is not allowed.
>
> 5) /r/ + {rə} is not allowed.
>
> Not really a limitation, but a phonological change:
>
> /n/ > [m] / _p, _bə, _f, _və, _mə, _wə
> /n/ > [N] / _k, _gə
>
>
>
Instead of saying these combinations aren't allowed, why not just use
phonological change?
nm > nn
nh > h
doubled consonant > single
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