Re: terminal dialect?
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 30, 1999, 5:47 |
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Joshua Shinavier scripsit:
> I know Icelandic hasn't changed much for
> hundreds and hundreds of years, but I wonder if this isn't due more to
> linguistic conservatism and the small number of speakers than anything else...
Actually, the least stable part of the language has been the phonology,
which has changed radically. The vowels are the main issue, but I do
not have details. Anyone who can map Icelandic orthography to
IPA?
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