Re: Translation Project! (was Re: Let the hammer fall!)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Inshallah or insha'allah (both occur in Indonesian) seem to be closer to
>the
>original Arabic, for "if God wills".   I've never seen "wa sha allah"
>('and
>_sha_ God') as explanation for Span. ojalá, but it would certainly explain
>that odd initial /o/.
Which is why it had me wondering ;). How do you get /o/ evolved from "in"

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