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> 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