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Re: [romconlang] An orthographic monster


On 11 Feb 2010, at 22:46, Marlon Betz wrote:





For what it's worth, it seems that in WR at least, initial Latin /gl/



remained so: the development to /L/ (and subsequent values elsewhere)



was restricted to intervocalic position.
Italian has "ghiaccio", with GL > /gj/, instead of *gliaccio, Hence it does not seem to be restricted to WR only. 

Yes. gl > /gj/, not /L/. One reflex does not a sound rule make.

(And, honestly, let's let it go. Tuscan is Western Romance)

Dan