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A Phonological Sketch of Apabhramsa
Arvan
pati
pai
This historical process also accounts for the high frequency of the voiced retroflex stops intervocally
The resultant distributional pattern of the stop consonants has been partly disturbed due to loan-words from Old Indo Aryan and other Middle Indo-Aryan dialects that contained intei vocalıc stops. A few examples for these changes follow Old Indo-Aryan
Apabhramśa (DIA)
'lord' nadı: 'river'
nai sakuna 'bird'
sauna a'gata came'
агаа vacana 'word'
vaana saroja 'lotus
saroa tapas penance
tava pațaha 'a drum'
padaha patha 'road'
paha pradha,na 'chief'
paha,na mukha 'mouth
muha laghu 'light'
labu prabhu
pahu 3.2 'y
'y' is only a phonetic glide (cf. 1.22) and has no phonemic value in Apabhrath śa (DJA). It's loss in Apabhrarśa (DJA) is due to the following change : Old Indo-Aryan Apabhramsa DJA)
'lord'
word initial position
inter vocal position
