From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 32574
Date: 2004-05-12
>>4) ja > e (not in Aromanian: kl^ae, not cheie "key")But is <ghetzuri> also the plural in places where the
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>>[/glakja/ > /glaca/ > /gl^aca/ > /gl^ac&/ > /gjac&/
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>Up to here.
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>>/gec&/ = ghetz-]
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>These are not extant in the DR dialect. There is only
>the diphtongued variant ['gea-tz&], which happens
>to be the one chosen for the artificial standard language,
>because of (historically explained) influences exerted
>by the Muntenia subdialects. I underline: take [ea] as
>a diphtong. The [e] as a distinct vowel occurs in the
>plural only, as you've already mentioned:
>
>>This is the plural form (ghetzuri).