From: m_iacomi
Message: 32595
Date: 2004-05-13
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "m_iacomi" wrote:
[...]
> IV. Further evolution of diphthong [ja] resulted from above
> described process is conditionned by phonetical environment
> (including umlaut) and follows mostly similar patterns with
> /ea/ (in alternance) since they merge naturally:
>
> 1. preserved as such before an /a/ or /&/ in the next syllable:
> /kjam&/ (written "cheamã"), /gjac&/ (written "gheaTã"), /gjaca/
> (written "gheaTa"), etc.
>
> 2. turned into /e/ if the next syllable contains an /e/, or
> in alternance with /e/ in the next syllable (if any), [...]
... and with /u/, as in /gecurj/ (written "gheTuri").
Sorry for the omission.
Regards,
Marius Iacomi