Re: elision
| From: | Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 1:21 |
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I picked the retroflex because I like it (one of the joys of artlanging). My
L1 not withstanding, retroflex feels "normal" .
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From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On
Behalf Of Henrik Theiling
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:02 AM
To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
Subject: Re: elision
Hi!
R A Brown writes:
>...
> The other 'solution' often adopted in natlangs is to insert an
>intrusive /d/ between the two consonants. We find that often in
>ancient Greek, e.g. _aneer_ (man, adult male) has accusative _andra_
> <-- *anra.
This is also the reason why my name is misspelleng *Hendrik so often.
As Regimonti seems to have a retroflex /r/ (any particular reason?), the
epenthetic plosive would probably be [d`], and the /n/ might even be
retroflex by regressive assimilation. So maybe /nr`/ > [n`d`r`]?
**Henrik