Re: Consonants as source of vowels
| From: | Pablo Flores <pablodavidflores@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 18, 2005, 10:37 |
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:22:06 +0200, Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:
> Sorry to point that out, Pablo, but those are different /ni/'s. Henrik meant
> the root 'two', you meant the root 'sun', that probably was something like
> /nit/, since in Japanese it reflects as /niq/ (not /ni/, it's a
> simplification, originally they had /nippon/), and in Korean as /il/.
Gah! Thanks for the correction. Still, */nit/ > /il/ is almost as weird. :)
Where does "Rben" come from?
--Pablo
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