H

I am meditating on a problem at the moment and that is the value of [h]
in a Romance creole.  I posted a couple of weeks ago a Babel text that I
had developed from Lingua Franca for a language I call Feringistani.
Arabic influences has meant that this language has borrowed pronominal
suffixes which include [-h] him/his and [-ha] her.  This means the
language has constrast like:

nome/nomeh 'name/his name'
sta/stah 'be/be him'

Now I am wondering what value this [-h] has if it is remained
productive.  If it has become silent then it may be articulated at the
end of words.  If it has become silent, as h has elsewhere then it may
have caused a change in stress /'nome/~/no'me/, similar to Tokana, or
altered pronunciation in some other way.  Which option would make better
sense, considering the context?

- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

Lent: Living in Borrowed Time

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