R: Re: R: Re: Stress marking (was: Re: CONLANG Digest -14 Oct 2000 (maglangs plea!))

Mangiat wrote:
> 'j' was used sometimes to write /j/, as in Benedetto Marcello's paraphrasis
> of the 10th Psalm:
>
> '...e al bujo attendono'
Not surprising, as the two were merely alternations for a long time.  I
would not be surprised to see {j} for /i/ either.

Reminds me of an Old Spanish text I read that had forms like uieio for
Mod. viejo.  Disconcerting, but quite understandable, of course.  :-)

> 'telefonino'
-ino is a diminutive, yes?  Cell phone?

> 'rete'
"rate"?

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