Latin [f]
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Latin [f]
Does it occur in native vocabulary in any environments that aren't word- or root-initial? I seem to recall PIE *bh *dh became in most non-initial positions.
[ʈʂʰɤŋtɕjɑŋ], or whatever you can comfortably pronounce that's close to that
Formerly known as Primordial Soup
Supporter of use of [ȶ ȡ ȵ ȴ] in transcription
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a 青.
Formerly known as Primordial Soup
Supporter of use of [ȶ ȡ ȵ ȴ] in transcription
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a 青.
Re: Latin [f]
Any example I can think of off the top of my head is either word-initial, of foreign origin (Africus), derived (efficiens < ex facio), or a compound (-folius, -formis, etc.). Isn't this expected, though? I was under the impression that Latin was distinct from other Italic languages that have the unconditioned change of Ch > f.
"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”
Re: Latin [f]
Zaarin is right. Words that have /f/ in non-root-initial position, like rufus, are normally regarded as loans (in this case, from Sabellic).