Re: the lonely affricate

Irina wrote:
> Western dialects of Valdyan have [dZ] where central and eastern
> dialects have [j] and some southern dialects have nothing at all.
> Jeran may hear his name pronounced ['eran], ['e:ran] or even ['e:rjan]
> in Idanyas, ['jeran] (the standard pronunciation) in Valdis and
> Veray, and ['dZeran] in Ildis and Tal-Crun.
>
> Valdyan doesn't have any other affricates either.
>
>    Irina
Ah, glad to know I'm not alone in the conlang universe, at any rate :-)
Interesting that [dZ] often seems to be related to [j], e.g. in Hindi.
I wonder why this is?  They don't seem very similar to me...

Josh

btw. although it's already been observed, many times over, the page you
made for the translation relay is beautiful!  The relay idea was great, too;
I hope these become something of a Conlang tradition.
I'll be signing off from the list tomorrow, look forward to returning by
late October.