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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
The palatal sibilant, written with the letter mayThere may be evidence for Wallace's Law (palatalisation of {{p||s}} before {{p||n}})
The phoneme written with the letter [[index::San]] may be expected to correspond to its Etruscan equivalent, i.e. a palatal sibilant (see {{bib|Wallace 2008}}: 31). The relations between ''ś'' and {{p||s}} in Raetic are not clear – the two appear in similar contexts, but there may be evidence for Wallace's Law (palatalisation of {{p||s}} before {{p||n}}) in {{w||aruśnas}} vs. {{w||aruse}}. ''ś'' might be argued to be the result of palatalisation in a number of forms, mainly patronyms in {{m||-nu}}/{{m||-na}} (e.g. {{w||kaniśnu}}, {{w||reituśnu}}, {{w||taśna}}), but {{p||s}} does also appear before {{p||n}}, most prominently in {{w||terisna}}.
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Latest revision as of 17:20, 16 February 2016

Phoneme
Type: consonant
IPA (approx.): ʃ

Graphematic representation:
Attested in: Words: 0, Morphemes: 0

Commentary

The phoneme written with the letter San may be expected to correspond to its Etruscan equivalent, i.e. a palatal sibilant (see Wallace 2008: 31). The relations between ś and s in Raetic are not clear – the two appear in similar contexts, but there may be evidence for Wallace's Law (palatalisation of s before n) in aruśnas vs. aruse. ś might be argued to be the result of palatalisation in a number of forms, mainly patronyms in -nu/-na (e.g. kaniśnu, reituśnu, taśna), but s does also appear before n, most prominently in terisna.

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