"Tulasi" <tulasird at gmail dot com> wrote:
Doug -->
I'll answer this since it was directed to me.
Now have I given you enough clue how to discover what is causing this phenomenal vowel pattern?
Maybe, and I do find phonological shifts interesting, but this has nothing to do with the original discussion. Javier Sola had contended that only "Bangla," and never "Bengali," was the correct English-language name to use for that language. Many people on this list can easily see the phonological relationship between "Bangla" and "Bengali," or for that matter between "Kolkata" and "Calcutta."
-- Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA | http://www.ewellic.org RFC 5645, 4645, UTN #14 | ietf-languages @ is dot gd slash 2kf0s
