tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 21 14:56:34 2000
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Re: Prefix Quiz
No, there is no such rule. charghwI' came up with something clever with
/tIngan Hol/. It's clever not only because it sounds a lot like /tlhIngan
Hol/, but also because of mushed-together words like /vulqangan/. It's not
a rule, I was just continuing with his intentional ungrammaticality (I doubt
that's a word). The asterisks around the word were meant to flag it as odd.
Properly, they would be /tIng ngan/ and /chan ngan/. However, spoken aloud,
depending on who's doing the speaking, they may very well sound identical to
/tIngan/ and /changan/.
SuStel
Stardate 221.6
jatlh De'vID:
> >*changan* jIH. chan vIDab. chan.
>
> Is there some rule that says /Xn/ + /-ngan/
> becomes /Xngan/?
>
> (I do seem to recall that there was such a
> rule... but I can't say where I read it. The
> existence of /vulqangan/ seems to confirm
> this.)