Galega: Difference between revisions

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* wēlos > welo > veio "modest" (with epenthesis)
* wēlos > welo > veio "modest" (with epenthesis)


# syncope of intervocalic /d/, /g/
* syncope of intervocalic /d/, /g/
Intervocalic /g/ first become /ɣ/ by vocalisation and then omitted, either create new diphthongs or following epenthesis rules:
Intervocalic /g/ first become /ɣ/ by vocalisation and then omitted, either create new diphthongs or following epenthesis rules:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|/j/
|/j/
|brigā > bre̝ɣa > brɛa > brèia "hill" f.
|brigā > bre̝ɣa > brɛa > brèia "hill" f.
|}
Intervocalic /d/ follows similar rules:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Condition
! Middle Galega
! Late Galega
! Examples
|-
|V/d/V without epenthesis
|rowspan=2|/ð/
|/∅/
|roudos > rʉðo > ruo > "red" adj.
|-
|V/d/V with epenthesis
|/j/
|
|}
|}