Re: gwen etymology

From: Mark Odegard
Message: 4924
Date: 2000-12-03

Piotr writes:

>Hence also Sanskrit *j- (like English "j") and Slavic *z^ ("zh").

This is the place to ask for a clear answer to a question I've always
had at the back of my mind. Should romanized Sanskrit and Hindi be
pronounced, largely, as in English; this certainly seems correct for
Hindi; the Js are as in English (usually of the 'French' variety), and
word-terminal Es seem to obey the English rules for 'silent final E'.

Yes, there are phonemes in these languages which are absent in
English, and the aitches have to be regarded carefully. The diacritics
are 100% opaque to native-speakers of English.