Re: Devoicing of initial consonants
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 23, 2002, 20:04 |
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:41:53 +0200, Y.Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:
>Still there is a question --
>Does any natlang have INITIAL devoicing of consonants?
It seems that Dravidian langs can be an example, in terms of history.
That is, Proto-D. had voiced initials opposed to voiceless, which
distinction (partly) remains in certain langs, while the situation observed
in Tamil is secondary.
This is not a widely accepted hypothesis, but looks like a plausible one.
Basilius