a question for linguists

idiez at MAC.COM idiez at MAC.COM
Wed Jun 1 21:51:10 UTC 2005


Linguists of the list,
	What is the name of the process in nahuatl whereby syllables are 
deleted (resulting in a lengthening of the vowel in the preceded 
syllable)?
Examples:
calihtic>caltic
nictlalih/nictlalihqui>nictlalqui
nitlamahuizohtinemi>nitlamahuiztinemi

John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Profesor de lengua y cultura nahua
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