Re: Nou Pare (Our Father) in Aingeljã (also with Audio)

--- In conlang@y..., Ángel Serrano <aingelja@Y...> wrote:
> Hi, following Christian's Jovian version "Noter
> Pazer", now you can also read (and hear) the version
> in Aingeljã: "Nou Pare".
Nice!  It has a distinctly new yet internally consistent sound.  I
especially like the -ets and -eu endings.  The latter sounds a bit
Portuguese.  =P

I do have a question though:  Are there any rules as to what happens
to the syllable-final nasals of Latin?  The examples in your text
appear a bit inconsistent:

- In |santificat|, |semper|, and the first syllable of |tentacjõn|,
  the nasal remains in place, and the vowel is not nasalized.

- In |pãn| and the second syllable of |tentacjõn|, the nasal remains
  and the vowel is nasalized.

- In |cõ|, |nõ|, |tãbeu| etc, the nasal falls away, but the vowel
  is nasalized.

Do you decide that by instinct, or is there a rule I haven't noticed?


-- Christian Thalmann