Re: 'out-' affix in conlangs?

2008/8/24 Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:
> On 2008-08-24 Philip Newton wrote:
>> Probably "δσκ" in Rhaetian, which "should be"
>> [dS] as written, but is conventionally
>> pronounced [dZ] by those who can do so (though
>> I'm sure some will say [tS] instead).
>
> I guess σκ is [S] then.
Yes, quite right.

> How come it is not
> spelled σχ, assuming [X] is χ?
Sound changes turned word-initial *[sk] into [S], and so it made (or
seemed to make) sense to spell [S] with σκ everywhere. (Exceptions are
[Sp] and [St] which are σπ and στ, respectively.)

And χ does indeed represent [X] (and vice-versa), but I'm not sure
what that has to do with it.

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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