Re: [tied] barba, farfeche, bãiat

On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 14:16:14 -0000, "mbikqyres" <a96_aeu@...> wrote:

>Hello !
>It might be interesting to know which form is older, Tosk "vjetër" or
>Geg "vjetën".

Gheg, obviously. Intervocalic -n- (whether inherited or borrowed, as in this
case), becomes -r- in Tosk, while Gheg maintains old -n-.

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