Re: Seeking info on Old Spanish

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>   (I have to admit I find the lack of information surprising. I have a
>book on Gothic and another on Anglo-Saxon. My Amazon wish list has books
>on
>old French, old English, old Irish, and old Prussian [yes, I add anything
>interesting to it]. I've seen similar books for other European languages,
>but nothing old Spanish?!? Was Spanish invented in the last century or
>something?)
I found this on the web:

A Quick Guide to Old Spanish Pronunciation
The great majority of Old Spanish sounds have not changed much over the
centuries. The following table gives letters and sounds which no longer
exist phonemically in Spanish. Click on a sound, or word sample, to hear
how it may have been pronounced (we have no Old Spaniards around to tell
us for sure):

ts      usually written:ç       coraçon ("heart")
dz      usually written: z      fazer ("to do")
sh      usually written: x      dixo ("he said")
zh      usually written: i, j, ge       oios, ojos ("eyes")
s       usually written: ss, s-, -s     apriessa ("quickly")
z       usually written: -s-    mesurado ("discreet")

from: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/osppron.html

Other than that, it's quite surprising how little there is about old
Spanish. I guess there's not as much interest in it as there is in Anglo
Saxon.

By the way, my conlang, Montreiano has most of the sounds listed above,
except no /dz/. It's essentially archaic in it's phonology.





See you, Space Cowboy...

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