Re: Devanagari variations

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 12:24:38 EST

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Peter_Constable@sil.org scripsit:

> I didn't realise that "RI" meant the vocalic R.

It reflects the modern Hindi pronunciation of Skt /r=/.

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