Re: Palatal vs. Palatalized (was Re: Orthography of palatalized consonants)

kcasada wrote:

> Hmm! I wondered about exactly this, because I wanted to incorporate
> palatalization of initial consonants in my (nameless little proto-)
> conlang as
> an indicator of verbal mood, but wondered what would happen to the
> consonants
> that were already palatal . . .
Neat idea.  Vocalize!!

bana 'xxxx'---> bjana
bjana 'yyyy' ---> bi(j)ana or bjaina or ibjana

There still could be homonymic clash between derived /b-j-ana/ and base
/bjana/, though this is usually rare in natlangs I think; the homonymic
forms don't tend to occur in the same environments.

Or maybe make a rule: no palatalized C in initial position of base
morphemes???