Re: Lusitanians

From: ARKURGAL@...
Message: 3616
Date: 2000-09-11

> Well, I wrote all of this just to say that the velar
> pronunciation of L and the "approximantization" of the L (as U/W)
> also occurs in the european zone of the portuguese language.
Please,
> correct me if I am wrong.

As much as I know, such «approximatization» of the L to U/W do
not
occur in any area of Portugal. And is the L>U in the end of the
words, which happens in Brazil, the same as L>O/U as
in «alterus»>«outro»? Is it the same rule?