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At 00:36 20.3.2004, Adam Walker wrote: >C-a also derives/Z/ from /r_j/ as well as /l_j/. >There is also /Z/ boroowed from Arabic words. With so >many origins /Z/ ends up a rather common sound which >suits me fine. Well, /Z/ is rather *un*common in Persian, so I wanted to keep it that way in R. Same goes for /l/, so that most cases that might reasonably become palatalized in Romance become /j/. Does C-a by any chance have r/l merger? /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@hidden.email (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /'Aestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)