just a quick question

[Mark David Morris]

Regarding nasal consonants, L. Reyes Garcia pointed out to me that "n"
sometimes substitutes other consonants in colonial writing.  The example I
showed him was "quanli" for "cualli."  I don't remember if _Nahuatl in the
Middle Years_ makes comment of this or not.  Is this common inmany types
of Nahuatl?  Does it occur only with specific consonant/vowel clusters?

thanks,
Mark Morris



















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grief. Eccl 1:18

To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, this is a noble insight. To
regard our ignorance as knowledge, this is mental sickness.  Only when we
are sick of our sickness, shall we cease to be sick.  The Sage is not
sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.  TTC 71

MDM, PhD Candidate
Dept. of History, Indiana Univ.