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Re: Language Identification?

From:Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Monday, November 17, 2003, 10:17
From: "Muke Tever" <hotblack@...>
Subject: Re:       Re: Language Identification?


> > <<> Búdes spádats útro. > >> "It will rain tomorrow.">> > > > > I'd argue the "rain" word is "padat", or something like it, and "utro"
is
> > really "zavtra" pronounced [saftra], with possibly the /f/ going silent > > since it's in coda position. It is a very weak fricative. As for the > > rain word itself, it doesn't look like /dozhd'/, but it could be some > > other local word.
"spadats" and "utro" are definitely separate words from one another, so "padat zavtra" doesn't exactly explain what's going on here.
> *waves I Am Not A Slavicist flag*
As do I...