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Re: [romconlang] Tahuana (former Taehian/Daciana) Evolution

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:07:58 +0000, habarakhe4 <theophilus88@hidden.email> wrote: 


diphthongs monophthongize, lowering midvowels
[ai] > [e]
[au] > [o]
[e] > [&]
[o] > [a]
Why [a]? That's a lowering and a fronting, and puts it very close to [&]. Do you mean [A] (unrounded open back vowel)? 





Paul