[tied] Re: Saint

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:08:50 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
>
> >It seems in your argument you are using 'unrelated' for 'non-
> >contiguous'. Have you ruled out a conservative spread from

Castillian

> >in Cantabria?
>
> Castilian *comes* from Cantabria (roughly the area Santander-

Burgos).

>
> >Or tried to see the two areas as relic islands?
>
> There is, as far as I know, no trace of -n- deletion in Castilian,
> Aragonese or Catalan (except -n > -0).
>

How about this hypothetical scenario, then:

1) Reconquista (halfways?) in linguistic north-south stripes

2) The whole north coast goes -o > -u, -Vn > V~ etc (Basque
substrate? French influence?)

3) Conservative Castillan goes north (after Madrid becomes capital)
and breaks the north coast into two halves

?

Torsten