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Re: mutation and rinya

From:R. Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Monday, August 9, 1999, 6:29
> > I'm currently working on the definite article for Rinya, and it seems > that the initial sound of the noun undergoes some sort of mutation > after the article (and what is a poor conlanger to do but to obey > his conlang). The definite article is 'in'. Example: > > (i) in deloth > in deloth > (ii) in bacor > im bacor > (iii) in cwol > ing gwol > > ({c} = /k/. So now you know where I stand in that discussion :) > > in > im is ordinary assimilation, but what happens in (iii) /k/ > /g/?
Isn't k>g ordinary assimilation too? To me it looks like in New Greek [toN Gzeno] <- /ton xeno/: the [k] makes the [n]>N (regressive assimilation) and N makes [k] > [g] (progressive assimilation). Why don't you analyse it that way? Rob