*d has lenited to between vowels, but *r has undergone fortition to word initially.

In Friulian, > : yoyba, jobia > dobia, doba; gel > dal; Lat. iuvenis > doven; Lat. iunius > dun.

Gemination of word-initial consonants occurs in Italian if a word-final stressed vowel precedes without intervening pause, in a process known as syntactic gemination. Final stressed vowels are by nature short, and short

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