Re: Seeking info on Old Spanish

An addition to the preceding message.

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:16:58 -0500, I wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:52:39 -0800, Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
>wrote:
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>>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")
>
>This seems to refer to a much earlier period than what Mike is
>interested in. Probably, only {j}={x} [S] would remain about 1600 AD.
>And maybe aspirated [h], and [v] opposed to [b], but here I'm less sure.
Suddenly I realized that I know no convincing evidence for {ç} [ts] and
{z} [dz] in Spanish and Portuguese (that is, within the period covered by
written tradition).

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