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Certain other dialects maintained a qualitative distinction same environments Thus in Ardha Māgadhi, el has [1] 1n closed syllable,
and sel in open syllable, loj bas (u) in closed syllable,
and loj in open syllable. cf. Ghatage, A. M., 'Introduction to Ardha Māgadbi', p 10 87 13 Tagare, G. V., 'Historical Grammar of Apabhramśa', p. 76 852
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The author is grateful to Professor J. W Gair and Mr. R. V Davo of the Division of Modern Languages of Cornell University (Ithaca, New York), USAand to Dr. S Susecndırarajah of the Department of Lingustas, University of Ceylon, Colombo (Campus ) for their very helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper
