Re: Question about Romlangs/CeltiConlangs
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 24, 2002, 17:43 |
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At 14:15 2002-08-22 -0400, Steg Belsky wrote:
> > Not sure, but I think already in pre-imperial times.
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>When would that be? Pre-c.100BCE?
Not sure, but /h/ probably was gone by the time of the Augustean poets
(before/around 0 CE), since initial _h_ doesn't prevent elision.
Neither does final _m_, BTW.
/BP 8^)>
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