Re: Vulgar Latin
| From: | <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 10, 2000, 3:35 |
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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Raymond Brown
> Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2000 3:05 PM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Vulgar Latin
> /ti/ before _any_ vowel gave way to
> /tS/ or /ts/ so that we find spellings like 'tercium' and
> 'nacione' for the Classical 'tertium' & 'natione'
I think it'd be more accurate to say that /ti/ before a vowel became /tSj/
or /tsj/, with the outcome of the /j/ depending on the language (e.g. in
French, it tended to metathesize to /jts/; in Iberia it dropped at some
point). Also, /te/ before a vowel worked the same way. /di/ and /de/ before
vowels sometimes became /dZj/ or /dzj/, but not always (IIRC); on top of
that, in some words /ti/ and /te/ before vowels became voiced and
affricated, but not in others. Ah, the complexities of it all!
Eric Christopherson
raccoon@elknet.net