Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:
> At 03:39 11.1.2004, Thomas Leigh wrote:
>
> >As presented in Wright's grammar -- I'm looking at it now -- the
> >Gothic vowels (using a circumflex in place of Wright's macron)
> >and diphthongs are as follows, following §12:
>
> What basis is there *really* for supposing the
> ai ái aí and au áu aú distinction apart from
> etymology?
None whatsoever. Gothic romanization is essentially an attempt to
write both Gothic and proto-Gothic at the same time. :-)
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