A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c5.142
A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c5.142
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and shortens the vowel. Hindi and the others, except Panjabi, reject one of the two consonants, and as a compensation restore the preceding vowel to its original quantity; as a type of this class may be taken Skr. मार्ग “a road,” Pr. मग्गो, H. मांग. This change in the vowel depends on the succeeding consonants, and is discussed in detail in Chapter IV.