Re: [tied] Re: alveolar stop - alveolar lateral alterations

From: P&G
Message: 36910
Date: 2005-04-04

>> does anyone know of any language which changes voiced alveolar
> stops (or a cluster of alveolars) to alveolar liquids REGULARLY,
> especially word-initially?

Latin shows this change, initially and medially, in a number of words,
e.g. lingua, oleo, solium, levir, capitolium, impelimenta.
These look like dialect borrowing. If so, that dialect of Italic would, or
might, be an answer to your question.

Peter

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