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What's up with Z's and ç's in this 17th century Spanish text? (hexbear.net)
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Was just randomly looking at https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/oraculo-manual-y-arte-de-prudencia--0/html/fedb3724-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_2.html and was caught off guard by the use of the letter ç to represent the sound of z. Also noticed a few words spelled with an i instead of y like how it says "rei" instead of "rey."

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago

maybe it's a memory of the time when spanish had 6+ sibilants. or maybe the author still had more than the 2 (or 3) modern spanish has.

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