Re: nasal m and n

From: Ruud Harmsen <realemailonsite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:19:05 +0100

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:00:51 -0500: Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

No. "Fin" and "faim" are pronounced identically.

Yes. Another example, from Portuguese:
"End" is "fin" in French and Spanish, but "fim" in Portuguese. It has
a nasalised vowel (but not the same one as in French). The m is merely
a spelling convention. In "fin do caminho" (end of the road), it
wouldn't sounds any different if written "findo caminho".

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Ruud Harmsen, http://rudhar.com
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