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Re: [romanceconlang] VL *-mn- > what???



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.

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