>From: "Thomas R. Wier" <artabanos@...>
>Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > 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?"
> >
> > Yes. I believe it's Guaraní, a native american language spoken in Peru
> > (?)
>
>Paraguay (mostly).
And spoken more than Spanish as a first language in that country -- even a
de facto second official language if I've heard right. This could happen in
Peru and Ecuador with Quechua given a few decades...
Danny
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