Re: Pequeno (was Re: Pilovese in the Romance Language Family)

Well the reason I went with that rendering for "pichinh" is that I wasn't
able to find a basis to move "kk" to "qu"  In Pilovese "c" before an "e" or
an "i" softens to /ts/ rather than /s/ or /tS/  in order to preserve the
hard sound I put an "h" after it. (The same rule applied to "g")  I'm not
sure if this qualifies as palatalization or not. The "nh" is like "nh" in
Portuguese or Occitan. I could have rendered it as piquinh as well so to my
under-educated eye it does not seem to be close to "piccolino" but to
pequeno. I have to emphasize that I do not have years of education on the
subject, only basic understandings and instincts.

Perhaps you could show me in a comparative way how Sardinian is unaffected
by palatalization? I'd honestly like to be able to give you a thoughtful and
educated answer.

Scotto

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Subject: Re: Pequeno (was Re: Pilovese in the Romance Language Family)

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Possibly - tho that would presumably put Pilovese closer to Italian
'piccolino' - there must, presumably, be some reason for Pilovese keeping
/k/ before a front vowel (Or is it, like Sardininan, unaffected by
palatalization of the rest of the Romancelangs?)

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