a question for linguists

[Geoff Davis]

On 6/1/05, idiez at mac.com <idiez at mac.com> wrote:
>         What is the name of the process in nahuatl whereby syllables
> are deleted (resulting in a lengthening of the vowel in the preceded
> syllable)?

I'm certainly no expert, but I believeyou're refering to the process of
elision, by which syllables are omitted (elided). There may be some
other process, additionally, that accounts for the change in the vowel
length. Not certain on the latter.

-Geoff