Re: Re: [lojban] Question: origins of "spitaki"

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Il giorno , selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de> ha scritto:
> I would have not guessed it because in "Psittaciformes" the "ci" doesn't sound like {ki} but more like {tci}.
>> Only in the new Italian/Church Latin pronunciation. "ci" is {ki} in classical latin. Plus, the word comes from the Ancient Greek word ψιττακός (psittakos).

It might be but, as Italian, I think that using {ki} for latin "ci" is, at least, confusing, 

remod

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