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Barry Garcia wrote: > Question: in a language, is it possible for the same sound to go two > different routes as the language evolves. Like, nn goes to /Nj/ and then > later it goes to /ndr/? Sure. After all, linguistic change is generally independent of what went before. In Latin to Spanish, -mn- clusters became -nn-, which then became ñ, e.g., _damna:re_ -> _dañar_, but VL -mn- clusters became -mbr-, e.g., homine -> homne -> hombre. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42