On Fri, Jan 2, 2004, at 06:56 PM, m_iacomi wrote:
> There is "[t] + [y]"
i.e. [tja, tje, tjo, tju]
The transformation <a Dieu> > German <tschüs>
(in the Köln-Bonn-Aachen-Düsseldorf area <tschöö>
as well) is similar: through <adjes & adjüs>
[-dj- in these is phonetically almost as [g^]
in <aghiasmã> in Transylvanian Romanian]
Palatalized vs. [tS and dZ] can also be heard in
modern Romanian esp. when comparing Transylvanian
and Moldavian subdialects with Banat, Mehedintzi and
Bistritza-Nasaud ones (the B-N area is actually in
NE Transylvania).
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