Re: Gothic Vowels
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 11, 2004, 22:23 |
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At 21:17 11.1.2004, John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > 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. :-)
Exactly my impression also.
/BP 8^)
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