a question for linguists

[micc2]

piali tlachtiquetl!

will Eliazar be studying this summer?  should I  wait until he starts
anew in school to resume my money for him?

Please let me know.

I envy those new people that will be walking around the instituto this
summer!!!!!11

idiez at MAC.COM wrote:

> 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
>
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