Radovan Garabik scripsit: > A bookcase full of old (~100 years) hungarian books has just got into > my posession. I noticed that "J" is there often used as a vowel > at the beginning of word before consonant (where modern hungarian has "I"). > However, before vowels, "J" stands for consonant /j/ universally, and > in the middle of word "i" is used for /i/, as one would expect.
Surely this reflects the influence of Fraktur type, where I and J are almost indistinguishable, whereas i and j are quite distinct. -- There is / One art John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No more / No less http://www.reutershealth.com To do / All things http://www.ccil.org/~cowan With art- / Lessness -- Piet Hein