r and s: Galician

Brian Mott mott at lingua.fil.ub.es
Tue Nov 3 14:29:09 UTC 1998


----------------------------Original message----------------------------
The change of s to r before another consonanant is widespread in southern
Spain and also in Madrid, so that los dedos may be articulated as lor
dedoh and buenos dias as buenor diah.
 
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:
 
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> "Alan R. King" <mccay at redestb.es> wrote:
>
> >Yet another instance of s > r occurs dialectally in Galician (also Galego,
> >Gallego; Romance, nearest relation Portuguese).
>
> And in dialectal Mallorqui' too.  Same rules as in Galego and Sardo
> (es bisbe "the bishop" > er birbe).
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv at wxs.nl
> Amsterdam
>



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