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Re: Orbis Latinus

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Thursday, January 4, 2001, 19:28
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Actually all of western Romance went through the *masklu stage. The >change >/sk/ > /s/ was regular in French under certain conditions which I dont >remember off the top of my head. Cf. *frankisku > francais!
So, if "macho" in Spanish comes from masclu, then in Montreiano it should be maço. Since the rule is, that the group cl would become /ts/ (ç) as in noç: nocte > noçe > noç.