Even more suggestive is the fact that the Mozarabic language in al-Andalus ( modern southern Spain ) had / t? / as the outcome despite being in the " Western Romance " area and geographically disconnected from the remaining / t? / areas; this suggests that Mozarabic was an outlying " relic " area where the change / t? / > / ts / failed to reach . ( Northern French dialects, such as Picard, also had / t? /, but this may be a secondary development, i . e . due to a later sound change / ts / > / t? / . ) Note that / ts, dz, d? / eventually became / s, z, ? / in most Western Romance languages.
