Re: East Romance -i v. West Romance -s (was: Rom aia - Alb ajo < PA

> So if somebody tries to put this explanation in front he needs to
> say more: to explain why this "reparation" was needed, to "detect"

the

> cause that triggered such a phenomenon based on several well known
> examples...otherwise is easy to find "another ending" that fits and

to

> say that this and that "was spreading" from there....to the place
> that "doesn't fit" initially...
>
>

In Italian, this reparation was needed or at least wanted, because.

-As a rule unstressed subject pronouns is not used. Adding such
pronouns would be a greater change of speaking habits than repairing
with the i-ending.
-This was simply the most economic way to fix the problem cused by
loss of end consonants


IIn the germanic languages, the loss of distinctive features did not
cause any problems, because unstressed subject pronouns allready was
in use.