--- Christophe wrote:
> I can imagine that! To palatalise a consonant before another consonant, I
> have to make such a conscious effort that by the time I'm done I don't
> remember the rest of the word ;))) . My tongue is usually flexible, but the
> palatal position is still a not well-known country for me ;)) .
Oh well, if you start practicing it six hours a day (especially at bus stops
and under the shower), you'll probably be better than the Poles themselves
before your retirement :)))
> > The word for 100 in the Slavic languages (I think all of them) is
> > |sto|.
>
> Yes! I had forgotten that Slavic languages were satem langs...
Well, the Romance languages got sort of "satemized" as well. If you compare
Italian |cento| and French |cent| with Albanian (NB a Satem language) |qind|...
Jan
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