Re: Romlang problem in Terkunan

Henrik Theiling wrote:

>> -ln-, -ls- clusters might be affected, however. Personally I'd limit
>> it just to the one env., -l + plural s. It could happen, as we say.
>
> Ok, we'd get -i:s, -eis, -ais, -ois, -uis.  Some of these dipthongs
> will only exist in this very place, I think, so there is not much
> chance of collision.  But it would introduce more dipthongs, something
> I wanted to avoid, too.
Perhaps then:
   -i:s, -eis > -i:s, -ais, -ous > -u:s, u:s
which gives collision (which you might not like, but I certainly do ;)
and a little bit of interest. But then, long vowels are non-phonemic in
Terkunan, aren't they?

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