07-12-2008, 09:30 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Jul 10 2008, 03:43 AM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Jul 10 2008, 03:43 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Similarly, Bharatiya languages don't have an 'f' either.
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While the saMskR^ita form is the aspirate of pa that is pha, in many Neo-Indo-Aryan languages and probably beginning with MIA we encounter pha->fa.
Even in R^igvedic recitation we see pha inwords like
sphig, sphAna etc being rendered as fa in some parts of India.
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While the saMskR^ita form is the aspirate of pa that is pha, in many Neo-Indo-Aryan languages and probably beginning with MIA we encounter pha->fa.
Even in R^igvedic recitation we see pha inwords like
sphig, sphAna etc being rendered as fa in some parts of India.