Re: Plausible Sound-shifts

John Vertical wrote:

> I like basic idea, but what raises my eyebrow is how your the approximants
> are split into the seemingly arbitrary groups /w l/ and /j r/. On first
> thought, /l/ actually being a velarized [5] could be a possible
> explanation... but AIUI velarization is more likely for *coda* liquids? (CF
> English.)
I don’t know that. Certainly in *some* English dialects it only happens
in the coda. In other English dialects, velarisation happens after
vowels (regardless of whether it’s in the coda or the onset of the next
syllable). And in Scottish English, they are always velarised! And of
course, there’s plenty of languages where /5/ contrasts with /L/ or /l/
and can be in any syllable position.

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Tristan.