Re: Saying "Thank you."

Nik Taylor wrote:
> You're welcome is _nlínnilki_ "It is not needed", pronounced
> ['nr\ennelCi]
D'oh!  That should be _nlínnilki fíl_, forgot the "not" :-)  It can be
contracted as:
nlínkifil (['nr\eJC:fel]) or nlínkil (['nr\eJCel]) or even further as
_níkil_ (['niCel]).  Some dialects replace -fil with -fai and -kil with
-kiai, due to a sound change in those dialects of [el] -> [ej], which,
in those dialects, is the realization of the diphthong _ai_.  The
standard dialect has reborrowed these dialectal pronunciations, with the
standard realization of [aj] instead of [ej].  Thus, all the ways to say
you're welcome:
Most formal: Nlínnilki fíl
Less formal: Nlínkifil, nlínkifai, nlínkil, nlínkiai, níkil, níkiai

For thank you, nápa is a not-uncommon varient.  Some dialects changes
/kw/ and /gw/ to /p/ and /b/ in a few common words

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