Re: New Brithenig words, part Deux.

Am 05/27 07:34  Raymond Brown yscrifef:

> Hang on - the nominative _did_ survive in Old French, cf.
>            SINGULAR     PLURAL
> Nominative:  murs        mur
>    Oblique:  mur         murs
>
I think we can rescue Keith's spanner.  I seem to recall reading that
Romance languages that did not evolve accusative markers (i.e., [a] in
Spanish) had nominative and oblique cases.  If this is true then first
generation Brithenig _must_ have had a two case declension system.

Once again I find waiting on Ray productive! :)


- andrew.
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