| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 1999, 0:13 |
Ed Heil wrote:> Ladino:Spanish :: Yiddish:German?I believe so. I think I remember reading that Ladino has preserved some things like initial /f/ that Spanish has lost (e.g., hijo < fijo << filium; presumably the Ladino form is "fijo") -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor