XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english
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For example, the English apple is cognate to Russian яблоко (jabloko): both come from Proto-Indo-European stem *ābol-.
As a result of the phenomenon, no native Slavic root starts with an [e]
or an [a] but only with a [je] and [ja]; although other vowels are
possible.
---------- i don't see the Logical Connection!!!
An exception to this is Bulgarian, which has lost Iotation for all front
vowels (compared to Russian or Polish, who lost it only before [i]).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iotation
ok... No wonder i'd never heard of the term
Russian: Курт Фри́дрих Гёдель (нем. Kurt Friedrich Gödel;
Bulgarian : Курт Гьодел
For me, (as with a song in Czech) i start to wonder
if a Russian-sounding language is really Russian,
when i don't hear the word kak after a few minutes.
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