The sounds of Latin: a descriptive and historical phonology

ablaut ablaut grades Ablaut Series alphabet analogy anaptyxis antevocalic aspirate assimilation became bilabial borrowed ciXat ClLat compensatory lengthening compounds consonant consonantal developed dialects dissimilation dzdh earlier English Exercise Fest final syllables following words forms German grammarians Grassmann's Law Greek haplology Indo-European initial consonants initial vowel inscriptions intervocalic Italic labial languages Late Latin later Latin accent lengthening Linguistic liquid Lith lLat Long consonants long vowels lost medial nasal nasalized vowel non-aspirate non-initial syllables normal oChSl oLat open syllables original Oscan penult phonetic pLat Plautus position preceding vowel Prise pronounced pronunciation Quint R. S. Conway recomposition rhotacism Roman root Sandhi semivowel short vowel shortened sibilant sound spelling spirant Sturtevant suffix syncope transliterated Umbrian unaccented velar Verg Vict voiced voiceless stop weakening whence writing