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Re: An arabo-romance conlang?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, February 18, 2001, 4:59
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> With what?
With the following consonant, e.g., /lt/ -> /tt/ Incidentally, the same thing happened in Uatakassí, e.g.: sultakíi (people; sul-takí-i) became suttakíi. The assimilation itself was only with nonlabial consonants, but it later became gramaticalized, so that the gender prefixes til-, nal-, and sul- assimilate with *all* consonants, for example, sum-matakí-i (slaves), hyphens added for clarity. However, that it was analogy, rather than a phonetic change, is apparent in _uaulpá_ (love), where the _lp_ did NOT become _pp_, contrast this with _uadiaguttá_ (cold) from _uadiagultá_. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42