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romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes: >I've encountered some trouble with Medolian. I just can't decide what to >do with the Vulgar Latin cluster -mn-. First thought was excrescence, >along the lines of Spanish: *homne > ômbre > oambre /'wambr@/. However, >"feambra" /'fjambra/ doesn't sound like a good word for "woman". > >We get to the Crunch: >How do other (con-)romancelangs deal with this cluster? Spanish does >excrescence, French assimilates, Italian does nothing (laziness...), so >what does everyone else do? I recently settled on what Montreiano does. What happened is: mn > nn > nr > ndr I did it this way because i didnt really want to do it like Spanish did, and [ndr] sounded like a possible and reasonable sound change. ____________________________________________ Ancient Goth: someone who overthrew the Roman Empire. Modern Goth: a vegetarian pretending to be a vampire.