Re: proto-romance questions

>From: Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
> >
> >stops: p t k b d g {pi tau kappa beta delta gamma} <-- Greek orthography!
>
>I like that (the Greek orthography)!  Kind of reminiscent of Romanian
>when it wasn't using Roman letters.
Thank you. It's a combination of my two long-time dreams - a romance
language and a plausible reason to have a Greek orthography. At first I
thought, Why would a romance language not use the Latin alphabet? Then I
remembered Romanian and was filled with a great joy.

>
>
>Why is the -t kept in 3rd sing. here but not in adaira?  I note it's
>retained in your conjugating below.  Could be an irregularity, but I'm
>just asking!
>
> >
> >andare > adaira "to go"
> >vo     adamu
> >vas    adasi
> >va     vad
>
Yes, just an irregularity. Perhaps some dialect keeps the "t" there, too.
>
>Padraic.

Jennifer

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