From: Adam Walker (dreamertwo@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 14:34:09 EST
>From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@free.fr>
>Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:44:12 +0200 (MEST)
>
>En réponse à Adam Walker <dreamertwo@hotmail.com>:
<snip>
>I don't remember how Romanian treats QU, but why not do what P-Celtic
>languages
>did with the Proto-celtic KW and make it become P? It wouldn't conflict
>with
>matters of palatalisation IMHO. Of course, it may already be what Romanian
>does :)) .
>
>Christophe.
>
That's exactly what Romanian does. AQUA > APA EQUAM > IAPA
QUATTUOR > PATRU
but QUINQUE > CINCI
I don't find an example in the text I was consulting of a Latin word with
QUO or QUU to show those developments, but I guess I could arrange for QU to
go different directions depending on the following vowel.
QUA > pa
QUO > po
QUU > pu
QUI > chi
QUE > whe
Does this look realistic??
Also, Romanian develops Latin ct > pt. So, I *might* do that too.
Does anyone know if Algerian and Tunisian Arabic is closer to Egyptian or
Moroccan?
Adam
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In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen
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