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On 2009-01-26 Edgard Bikelis wrote:
Curiouslythose allophones of /r/ (and /l/) are used to intensify the meaning: /haiva/ is anger, but /Raiva/ is rage; /fowgadu/ is a lazy person, but /for.gadu/ isan unspeakable lazy one.
So you have 1. an /r/ which is [R] or [h]? 2. an /l/ which is [w] or [r]? 3. free allophones which are possibly splitting into phonemes thru semantic differentiation? also, is /l/ ever [l]? This is so like my conlang Rhodrese were Latin R, -D-, -RR > _r_ /4/ RR, DR, D'R N'R > _rr_ /R/ L-, L / V__V, -LL' > _l_ /l/ L / __(C, #) > _o_ /w/, /U/ LJ, GL, G'L, -C'L- > _gl_ /L/ LL, L'N, L'R, T'L, D'L > _ll_ /r`_l/ (aka /l\`/ aka /4\`/) Thus: ILLO PEDE > _el pier_ /pjE4/ pl. _il pir_ ILLO PATRE > _el piar_ (Old Rh. _paerr_) pl. _il pier_! LAUDARE > _lauriar_ /l@w4'ja4 ROTUNDU > _rodond_ /RU'dOnt/ PETRA > _pierre_ /'pjERI/ QUADRAGINTA > _quarrante_ PONERE HABET > _porrat_ /pU'Rat/ ILLU BELLU > _el bel_ ILLA STELLA > _l'estelle_ ILLO MALO > _el mao_ ILLA MALA > _la male_ ILLO STAB'LU > _ell estabo_ ILLI OC'LI > _igl egl_ ILLO FILIOLU > _el figl�o_ pl. _il figl�o_ ILLA FIL[j]INA > _la figline_ pl. _il figl�_ ILLO FILIO > _el fegl_ pl. _il figl_ "child(ren)" (Old Rh. _el figl, il figl_) /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "C'est en vain que nos Josu�s litt�raires crient � la langue de s'arr�ter; les langues ni le soleil ne s'arr�tent plus. Le jour o� elles se *fixent*, c'est qu'elles meurent." (Victor Hugo)