Re: Consonant Harmony?

 nicole perrin wrote:
>
>> > > I was toying with the idea of vowel harmony in a new lang, but I
>never
>> > > really liked it as a trait, so I got curious.  Are there any
>natlangs
>> > > that use "consonant harmony?"

I dont know if this counts (probably not), but in Tagalog, when prefixes
ending in -ng (N), are attached to words beginning with labials (b,p,m),
the ng ending gets changed to 'm',the initial consonant may also get
dropped:

mang + pili - mampili - mamili

A similar thing occurs with the dentals t,d, n, the ng ending gets changed
to n, and the initial consonant of the root may be dropped as well:

mang + dalangin - mandalangin - manalangin

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