Re: isle > ile?

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>One particularity of Narbonósc is that it never had such a prosthesis
>sound-
>law: initial s+stop stayed as they are. Thus the words stêre (< stare +
>esse):
>to be, spirt /spir/ (< spiritus): spirit, speir /spE/ (< sperem?): hope.

The same with Montreiano (Gee christophe, are we psychically linked or
something? Me and a friend in chat call this the "Hive mind" )

star /star/ - to be, spina /spina/ - spine, stáio /sta_jo/ -  stadium,
stáo /sta_o/- state

By the way, i think i'm going to take out the final r-l rule in
Montreiano, it was neat at first, but it just isnt sounding right as I
apply it to more words. However,  i *love* the change of final l - u.

However, i am contemplating s changing to /S/ in front of initial stops
(it sounds logical to me). But as with the final r-l change, i might not
like it.  I'll have to contemplate it for a while.The above words would
then maybe  stay written the same, or x could replace them, since it
represent /S/ in Montreiano:

xtar /Star/, xpina /Spina/, xtáio, /Sta_jo/, xtáo /Sta_o/




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Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia