Re: Cein
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 31, 2001, 22:15 |
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On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:42:51PM +0200, daniel andreasson wrote:
> Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
> > > No, {ch} is the mutated form of {c}, which I decided should
> > > occur after the definite article. I'm still not sure if there
> > > should be mutation or not after _i_ (sg) and _ir_ (pl).
>
> > Is <ch> pronounced /x/ then, or /S/ or something?
>
> For the moment I've decided to go for [x] in every
> environments, tho /S/ is definitely a possibility.
Cool. You could maybe say that earlier there was [x] before back vowels and
[S] before front vowels, but they merged into [x]; as an attested example,
[S] became [x] in Spanish.
> > I'd assume that if /tSEjn/ comes from /kwenja/ then
> > the result of /kwesse/ would be /tSEss/ <cess>.
>
> Yes. Did I say otherwise?
Nevermind. I thought from the spelling <chess> that you had forgotten to
palatalize the /kw/, but now I see.
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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo