Re: 'dyeus' chronology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> So, what is the /M/ sound? Is it a bilabial velarized /MG/ as in
> Spanish San Félix /saMGfeliks? or a marker indicating that the
> previous vowel is nasalized? or both?

See at

http://www.sanskritweb.net/sansdocs/anusvara.pdf

for the way this sound is pronounced (includes anatomical drawing).

Best,

Francesco

So, if I understand correctly, it's a sound similar to final <m> in Portuguese or, even better, final <n, m> among some Caribbean Spanish speakers where <n, m> often become reduce to nasalizing the previous vowel or are just silent. In Standard Spanish <nf, mf> represents a velar bilabial. This sound is often fricative, especially in rural and Pacific Coast Spanish.