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Re: Y not? (was: Of Haa/hhet & other matters)

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Sunday, January 23, 2005, 15:51
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 03:37:29PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote: >> How am I being inconsistent? By the original use of |y|, I mean the >> use |y| had when it was introduced in the Latin alphabet. By the >> original use of |v|, I mean the use |v| had when it was introduced as >> a separate letter in the Latin alphabet (16th C, IIRC). > > But |v|, with value [w], was the original letter of the Latin alphabet. > The letter |U| was was the later variant.
The *original* use of |V| was the vowel /u(:)/. Its use for [u]'s semivowel [w] was based on that value, and it's one of life's little accidents that the variant |u| ousted it entirely in that use. Clearer is the example of |I|, originally /i(:)/ but also the semivowel /j/, where in this case the original form kept its vocalic value. *Muke! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/

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