Re: [tied] Re: Torun´

Old Persian |xaþriya| "king" is Modern Persian |ah|. Both initial x- and now even xw- are simplified. Initial sequences are broken up because of Arabic influences (in Arabic, no word can begin with two consonants).

Pashto, on the other hand, has initial xw- and many other initial consonant combinations, not to mention retroflex consonants (except in Pakistan) that came from somewhere.

~Danny~

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Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:27 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: Torun´

--- In cybalist@......, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@......> wrote: > > ... > > That leaves a good 50 years, in much contact with Iranian speakers, > with their Klingon-like speech habits (a word like <xs^aþiya-> > is enough to make you nervous) for the Grimm shift to take place. > > ... What a terrible thing to say! The Iranian languages are the most beautiful of all languages! You'd better be careful or I'm going to come shave your beaver! David