Re: More changes in Montreiano :)

On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:11:33 -0800 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >Foolish consistency dept:  by rights, shouldn't this change also
> affect
> >pre-consonantal /l/?   And is it only /l/ following back vowels
> (like
> >French) or after any vowel (like Brazilian Port.)? (My name comes
> out
> >['miuS])
> Well, this is why i was asking for comments, so someone can catch any
> inconsistencies :). Thanks roger. (finals, i dont often think
> straight
> this time of the year).
> Can you give an example of it affectiong pre-consonantal /l/? I'm
> not sure
> i quite understand what you mean.
-

I'm pretty sure Roger is talking about the kind of L in my Jûdajca
example, where it's not at the end of a word, it's at the end of a
syllable (and is followed, in the next syllable, by a consonant):

FA-MIL-IAE
PA-MIV-JA

(where the V /v/ is derived from a previous shift of /l/ > /w/)


-Stephen (Steg)
 "venimos a ver / ke gozen i logren i tengan muncho bien"
           ~ from "skalerika de oro" a Ladino wedding folksong