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Re: [romanceconlang] Re: How shall I thank thee?

Steg wrát:

> On Sun, 25 May 2003 20:20:43 -0700 "Barry Garcia"
> > SHUKRAN - xucrán
>
> Why is |xucrán| stressed on the /a/?  I'm pretty sure that "shukran" in
> Arabic is stressed on the /u/.

Hehe. I wonder the same way. In Rumiya it is ["Sukr6~] - stressed 1st syllable
and nazalized reduced final vowel (spelt with mute alif and -aN, like in Farsi):

شُكراً

~~~~~~Yitzik~~~~~~