(Brazilian Portuguese and Rhodrese (was French)

On 2009-01-26 Edgard Bikelis wrote:
> Curiously
> those allophones of /r/ (and /l/) are used to intensify
> the meaning: /haiva/
> is anger, but /Raiva/ is rage; /fowgadu/ is a lazy
> person, but /for.gadu/ is
> an unspeakable lazy one.
So you have

1. an /r/ which is [R] or [h]?
2. an /l/ which is [w] or [r]?
3. free allophones which are possibly splitting
    into phonemes thru semantic differentiation?

also, is /l/ ever [l]?

This is so like my conlang Rhodrese were

Latin

R, -D-, -RR          >    _r_ /4/

RR, DR, D'R N'R      >    _rr_ /R/

L-, L / V__V, -LL'   >    _l_ /l/

L / __(C, #)         >    _o_ /w/, /U/

LJ, GL, G'L, -C'L-   >    _gl_ /L/

LL, L'N, L'R, T'L, D'L >  _ll_ /r`_l/ (aka /l\`/ aka /4\`/)

Thus:

ILLO PEDE	>	_el pier_ /pjE4/ pl. _il pir_
ILLO PATRE	>	_el piar_ (Old Rh. _paerr_) pl. _il pier_!
LAUDARE	>	_lauriar_ /l@w4'ja4
ROTUNDU	>	_rodond_ /RU'dOnt/
PETRA	>	_pierre_ /'pjERI/
QUADRAGINTA 	> 	_quarrante_
PONERE HABET	>	_porrat_ /pU'Rat/
ILLU BELLU	>	_el bel_
ILLA STELLA	>	_l'estelle_
ILLO MALO	>	_el mao_
ILLA MALA	>	_la male_
ILLO STAB'LU	>	_ell estabo_
ILLI OC'LI	>	_igl egl_
ILLO FILIOLU	>	_el figláo_ pl. _il figléo_
ILLA FIL[j]INA	>	_la figline_ pl. _il figlí_
ILLO FILIO	>	_el fegl_ pl. _il figl_ "child(ren)"
	(Old Rh. _el figl, il figl_)

/BP 8^)>
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