Re: An arabo-romance conlang?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 16, 2001, 0:43 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, what happened in Spanish was /S/ -> /x/. Am I
> right?
Yep, hence Fr. _chef_ -> Spanish _jefe_ thru an intermediate _xefe_
(/Sefe/)
So, earliest Fr -> Sp borrowings have ch:ch (I believe _hache_ "h",
falls into that category), later borrowings have ch:j (chef=jefe), and
still later borrowings have ch:ch again (chófer). Rather interesting
pattern, methinks.
> How did it happen then?
Assimilation.
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