[gothic-l] Introduction

[M. Carver]

jdm314 at aol.com wrote:
>
> I tend to read without the diphthongs, pronouncing them instead as long
> versions of the normal open vowels. There is no consensus on this list though
> for what the original pronunciation would have been. BTW, David Salo recently
> pointed out to me that the Gothic word háils was spelled in a Latin text
> "eils" or somethign similar, and was suggesting that this might indicate some
> sort of diphthong.
>
> JDM

I was thinking about this and wondered whether Wulfila's diphthongs were
transitional between pura and decadent, i.e. ai /æj/, au /åw/. Also, before
a liquid like l there would be reasonable ground for such breakage perhaps.

Matþaius

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