Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang)

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> Hehe, stressed schwas do exist indeed. But I cannot give you an example at the
> moment. More knowledgeable people than me have to step in here :) . John? :)))
Welsh acquired them when the stress moved from ultimate to penultimate.
Hindi got them from a sound-change /a/ > /@/.  Hence the old spelling "suttee"
for widow-burning; a more literal transliteration would be "sati".

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