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Re: Searixina vowel alternations

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 12:36
En réponse à Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:

> > What does |é| mark compared to |e|? > > Oh, merely length; [e:] vs [e], roughly. >
Ah, OK.
> > Njet. It's because old [e:] shortened before consonant clusters, but > went >[ie] > otherwise. >
Aaah... Neat.
> > Yeah, it reminds me of that too. There's uo~o variation too, to keep > the > Italians happy. >
And the ea~a looks a bit Romanian ;)) . Everyone's happy ;)) .
> > I think it's rather due to your like for all things twisted. :-) >
That too ;))) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.