Re: Group Conlang (was: Re: a Conlang, created by the group?)

Pablo Flores wrote:
> ys- + bal- = yzbal-  (voice harmony)
> I'm not saying anyone will have difficulty pronouncing -sb-, just
> that the voice distinction should not apply there... You can write
> ysbal- if you want to. But you'll probably inadvertedly change s > z
> before a voiced consonant.
I think that ys- > yz- before voiced consonants should be mandatory,
otherwise, there's the chance that ys- + bal- might become yspal-, with
forward assimilation (compare greek phleps < phleb-, vein + -s,
nominative singular), which could create ambiguity if there's another
root pal-.

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