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Re: CHAT: Politeness in conlangs

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Subject: Re: CHAT: Politeness in conlangs
From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@UFL.EDU>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:33:16 -0500
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Padraic Brown wrote:
> "vos".  If I remember aright, Latin v [w] -> gw & final -s drops away.
> I'm not sure what happened to the o, though.  Probably got lost in the
> shuffle. :)  Or dissapeared into a vocalised w.

Where'd the /g/ come from?  Was /w/ --> /gw/ a normal sound change in
Brithenig?

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