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Re: Pirdänë: Demonstratives and articles:

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 22:31
Elliott Lash wrote:


>     a) The /a~/ is absorbed by front vowels:
>        sã- + öm &#8220;river&#8221; >  söm &#8220;the river&#8221;
>        sã- + ä&#353; &#8220;deer&#8221; > sä&#353; &#8220;the deer&#8221;
>     b) The following consonants &#8220;mutate&#8221;
>       dh > n      v > m      t > d
>       d > n        f > v     k > g
>       g > ng      gy > ñ     h > m
>     c) back vowels are absorbed and the mutation occurs inside the word
>       sã- + adhuk &#8220;corpse&#8221;  >  sãnuk &#8220;the corpse&#8221;
>       sã- + aut &#8220;letter&#8221; > sãud &#8220;the letter"

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> Tell me what you think..

Love it, love it, love it!!!

This is how I've always wanted my conlang Rinya to look
but always failed. Really, really nice!

I'm *so* looking forward 'til your next posting.

daniel

PS. Just one thing. Your mails get messed up with some
mysterious html-like codes. Is it fixable?