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Un aotre fatx 'intressiant' saur la morfonologíe
Rhodray: estiant doniad la reghle nella fonologíe
históreche del Rhodray che un cluséo sonor nel
fin dune paraule es tombiad, e soponent che li
riflisç de C^ G^ J^ Letí eran al temp vrieç
peletéo au alveopeletéo, /nJ\/ finiáo, alla
mesure che existiave, deut devenir /J/! Txes
farait li ferm del present de CAMBIARE intrisent:

Another 'interesting' fact about Rhodrese
morphonology: given the rule in Rhodrese
historical phonology that a word-final voiced stop
after a nasal is lost, and assuming that the
reflexes of Latin C^ G^ J^ were at the time true
palatals or alveopalatals, final /nJ\/, to the
extent that it existed, ought to become /J/! This
would make the present tense forms of CAMBIARE
interesting:

caugn [kaUJ]
cheugn [kyJ]
caunget ['kaUndZIt]
caungiam [k@Un'dZjam]
caungiaç [k@Un'dZjas]
caungen ['kaUndZIn]

NB che anc -NT fináo absolud de Latí devient _-n_,
che es brobablement un caungement plu ancian e
separiad, comonc une part della medesse tendence a
semplefeghiar li cleustre finéo. Premair che
segondair ST es afetx (EST > _es_, ECCE ISTUM
_txes_, POST > _pos_, RESTO > _res_), may MP, NT,
NC^, NC sigendair no son mige efitx. Se puot
sautenir che NG fináo com en LONGUS es ancaure
/ng/ ed es escreut _ng_ (_long_), may es realiziad
com [N] ([lON]), may [N] sence un [k] au [g]
seguent se trovet saulement al fin delli pereul,
adeu [Ng] no se trovet mige.

NB Latin absolute final -NT also becomes _-n_,
which is probably an earlier and separate change,
though part of the same tendency to simplify final
clusters. Both primary and secondary ST is
affected (EST > _es_, ECCE ISTUM > _txes_ POST >
_pos_, RESTO > _res_), but secondary MP, NT, NC^,
NC are unaffected. Final NG as in LONGUS is
arguably still /ng/ and is spelled _ng_ (_long_),
but is realized as [N] ([lON]), but [N] without a
following [k] or [g] only occurs word-finally,
where [Ng] doesn't occur.

/BP 8^)>