A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c6.3

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Both classes are sometimes seen in activity in the same word, and their influences are very conflicting and confusing, but there is as a rule much uniformity in the way in which the whole seven languages undergo positional changes; while in the case of organic changes, on the other hand, the individual peculiarities of the several languages stand out in strong relief. Positional changes are more universal in their application, organic ones more restricted to special instances; the former are based upon general principles, the latter on the various and sometimes irregular developments of provincial pronunciation.