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Re: Spanish and Italian _r_ and _rr_ -- for my Romlang #3

From:John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...>
Date:Thursday, December 14, 2006, 3:03
On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:04:08 -0800, Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...> wrote:

>This may seen like YAS/IPT, but I'm actually looking for design info for my as >yet unnamed Romlang. I know that Spanish and Italian /4/ and /r/ contrast >only between vowels; elsewhere the single spelling _r_ represents both >phonenes, distributed according to rule. I *seem* to remember that the rule >is [r] before vowels and [4] after vowels, but I'm not sure, especially not >about what applies word-finally. Also I don't know whether the same rules >apply in both languages. > >And what about Catalan, Provençal and Portuguese? I think that in the first >two only /r/ has become /R/ while /4/ remains, and IIRC the same is the case >in some dialects of Portuguese. How is the actual case with this, and again >what is the distribution? > >Brought to you from the bus. A first for me, so I hope it works! > >/BP >_____________________________ >Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com >=========================================================================