Re: Sound Change With Labialized Consonant Codas
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 16:29 |
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Hallo!
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:55:21 -0800, David J. Peterson wrote:
> I thought of something today, and wanted to see if it actually
> existed in natural languages.
>
> Has there ever been a case where labialized consonant codas
> produced front rounded vowels? Something like the following:
>
> i > y / _C_w
>
> So...
>
> *kik_we > kyk_we
> *mek_wt_wa > m2k_wt_wa
>
> It feels like a natural change to me, but I've never run across an
> instance of it.
To me at least, it feels very natural. I see no problem with it.
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