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Re: Lethino Pronouns



--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Christian Thalmann" <cinga@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "jsjonesmiami" <jsjonesmiami@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > I'm working on a new language, currently called Lethino, which
> > branches off fairly early. One problem I have is that, because
> > s > x, which > 0 when word final, the 3rd person plural object
> > pronouns become identical to the corresponding singular pronouns.
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I can't quite imagine x > o.  Can you make a few concrete
> examples?
>
That should be 0 = zero, not [o]. Apparently it got garbled somewhere.
But I think x could go to o as follows:

x > G (e.g. voiced before voiced stop)
G > M\
M\ > w (e.g. due to preceding rounded vowel)
w > u
u > o