Re: Latin <h>

 --- Mark J. Reed skrzypszy:

> Did <h> become silent in Late Latin before it splintered into the
> Romance languages, or did that development happen independently in
> them later?
The former, already during the years of the Republic. Much too early to my
taste; otherwise I wouldn't have had such a tough job of reintroducing /x/ into
Wenedyk...

Jan

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