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--- James Campbell <kraamlep@hidden.email> wrote: > Padraic replied thusly to my Capraian > wonderings: > > > > Capraian Vowel Shift (courtesy of > > > Thomas Leigh), such that the Germanic > vowels > > > shuffled round one: i > e > a > > > > o > u > y. However, only the first vowel of > > > diphthongs is so affected. > > > > > > This leaves a problem. While the diphthongs > > > /au/ and /eu/ neatly turn into > > > /ou/ and /au/ respectively, /ai/ and /ei/ > are > > > left as /oi/ and /ai/, with > > > the vowel /i/ which no longer exists in > > > Capraian. > > > > I guess if /i/ disappeared bef�re the shift, > /ai/ > > would have first become /a/ (perhaps with > > compensatory lengthening) and then you might > be > > left with a plain vowel /o:/. /ei/ > /e:/ > > /a:/ > > Well, /i/ disappeared *as a result of* the > shift -- /i/ became /e/. OK. > I am > inclining towards the diphthongs becoming long > vowels, as you suggest. Well, if you have /i/ to /e/, then I suspect the diphthongs might follow along: /ai/ > /ae/ perhaps to /&/? Course, you could always introduce a rule that /i/ simply disappears in diphthongs. Padraic. ===== N' pozont pass feaire pissoir 'ne ncawdr�n sanq' baccionte y vos e-z-y chuni�n. [They can't do anything without a song and a dance! -- Kemrese maxim] -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .