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Kilka uwag o fonetyce ligi bałkańskiej
On certain phonetic balkanisms

Author(s): Leszek Bednarczuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: lenition; (pre)nasalisation; rhotacism; reduced vowel

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this article is the origins of (1) reduced vowels in languages of the Balkan Sprachbund, (2) lenition of soft stops, (3) its (pre)nasalization, (4) the change of ninto rin the Tosk dialect of Albanian and a similar process in Old Romanian as well as the Istro Romanian, Maramuresh and Oltenian dialects of this language, a parallel change of Latin linto rin common Romanian and certain Italian dialects.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 35-40
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish
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