Re: English syllable structure
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 22:17 |
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Am 12.12.01, Pavel Iosad yscrifef:
> > > Sure tl- isn't the same as ll-! (BTW, it's found in many Daghestan
> > > languages, and in Klingon, not only in Amerind :-))
> >
> > Apparently in Latin as well: latum < tlatum.
>
> Tiny point: it's not _tlatum_, it's, for all I know, _stlatum_.
Well, Sihler knows a coracle load more about it than I do:
latum < *tlato- < *tl.H2-to-
Where's the s- from?
You can also tell there's no ess, because of the reduplication
in the perfect: tetuli.
> Exemplified by Welsh _ystlys_ < _stlatus_ - sure you know more than I do
> about all that Romance-Celtic interaction, that "s" can't just pop up.
Got me! The question, I suppose, would be "Where did 'stlatus'
get the s-?"
> Hwyl,
> Pavel, still wishing he could make a Celtic conlang of his own, but lacking
> resources :-(
What sort are you looking for?
Padraic.
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