The Development of English t, d, in North Indian Languages

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1474-0699|4|2|325-329

ISSN: 0041-977x

Source: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol.4, Iss.2, 1926-06, pp. : 325-329

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Abstract

It is often said that Portuguese dental t, d, remain dental in India and that English alveolar t, d, become cerebral. It would follow that words like kaptān and botal and haspatāl, usually stated to be from English, must be Portuguese. The question cannot be disposed of so simply; there seem to have been cross influences at work, and sometimes there are different forms of the same word. See S. R. Dalgado's works passim for valuable suggestions.