Re: New Brithenig words, part Deux.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 29, 2001, 1:09 |
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Barry Garcia wrote:
> (wait......does /Z/ tend to go to /dZ/ or vice versa?)
Usually the other way around, as in both French and Spanish.
/g/ -> /dZ/ -> /Z/ (before front vowels)
Then Spanish went further with:
/Z/ -> /S/ -> /x/
Parallelly:
/k/ -> /ts/ -> /s/ (or -> /T/ in Castillian) - before front vowels.
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