Re: [tied] Re: alb. gji

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: alb. gji


On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:08:07 +0100, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
wrote:

>Well, the trap worked:-)
>
>Dear Miguel, excuse me for showing so insistently on "n" ( which is not
>wrong but not the most strongly point); as you know in Albanian is an
>/ë/ and in Romanian was too an /ã/ which became /â/ because of the
>nasal
>And this /ã/ & /ë/ is by no way from Latin /i/ but from a form with /a/
>I apologise about this little trap, in fact I have to thank you for the
>vocalism rules

And the rules state that /en/ > /în/ after labial, /s/, or C + /r/, as
in vînã, sîn, frîn, and also strînge < strenge < stringe-


You have to explain the albanian "ë" first. After that, you have to
take a look here:
stinguere > stinge
excrementum > screme
'cuz so are the rules:-)