Re: Consonant Harmony?
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 26, 2002, 2:01 |
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:00:20 -0400 Roger Mills <romilly@...> writes:
> Sort-of-harmony-- IIRC there are S.Amer.languages (Yanomami springs
> to
> mind)where the entire word is nasalized if there's a nasal anywhere
> in it.
> That seems more like the Khmer register system, though it's more
> obvious
> from a phonological POV.
I just remembered that kontoko has sort-of-harmony as well: /t/ is
usually [t], but [d_h] in words beginning with /b/.
Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
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I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
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